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Food Web Practice

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arrows represent ______________

a)

flow of organisms

b)

what eats what

c)

flow of energy

d)

percent of energy

2.

What is the primary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

3.

What is the producer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

4.

Which organism is a primary consumer in the above diagram?

a)

deer

b)

snake

c)

hawk

d)

shrew

5.

What does a food web represent?

a)

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

b)

The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

c)

A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

d)

How carnivores get their food. 

6.

In this food web, which three organisms would be immediately harmed if the mouse population declined?

7.

Which organism is a secondary consumer in the above diagram?

a)

deer

b)

rabbit

c)

squirrel

d)

shrew

8.

Which organism is at the 3rd trophic level?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

9.

What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

90%

d)

100%

10.

What is the tertiary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

11.

What is the secondary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

12.

What is the 4th order consumer?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

snake

e)

red hawk

13.

What is the decomposer?

a)

sun

b)

grasshopper

c)

water

d)

snake

e)

mushrooms

14.

Energy that is not passed from one trophic level to the next is usually lost as?

a)

sugar & undigested food

b)

waste & heat

c)

food & sugar

d)

heat & sugar

15.

Which organism is NOT a producer?

a)

grass

b)

tree

c)

grasshopper

d)

shrub

16.

Where does the rabbit get its energy from?

a)

snake

b)

shrub

c)

cricket

d)

robin

17.

Which of the following statements is true of this Waterbird Food Web?

a)

The bald eagle preys upon the wading birds

b)

Small Planktivorous Fish are omnivores

c)

Wading Birds are herbivores

d)

Sea Ducks are predators to Tundra

18.

The skylark meadow pipit is a predator to how many organisms?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

19.

What is the ultimate source of energy?

a)

food

b)

plants

c)

sun

d)

sugar

20.

Which organism gives its energy to 4 organisms?

a)

grass

b)

fungi

c)

shrub

d)

grasshopper

21.

Which organism is a decomposer?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Cranefly

c)

Ant

d)

Mayfly

22.

In a food web, which of the following organisms is most likely to be a primary consumer?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Snake

c)

Hawk

d)

Mushroom

23.

Which of the following best describes the role of decomposers in a food web?

a)

They produce energy through photosynthesis.

b)

They consume primary consumers.

c)

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients.

d)

They are at the top of the food chain.

24.

In a marine food web, which organism is most likely to be a producer?

a)

Phytoplankton

b)

Shark

c)

Jellyfish

d)

Crab

25.

If a pesticide is introduced into an ecosystem, which level of the food web is likely to be affected first?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers