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4.3 Ecosystems

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a food web?

a)

A diagram showing how energy flows through an ecosystem

b)

A type of spider web

c)

A map of the stars

d)

A network of roads

2.

Who are the producers in a food web?

a)

Hawks and lions

b)

Grass, trees, and shrubs

c)

Snakes and shrews

d)

Squirrels and rabbits

3.

What do primary consumers eat?

a)

Other carnivores

b)

Producers

c)

Tertiary consumers

d)

Rocks and minerals

4.

Which of the following is a secondary consumer?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Snake

c)

Tree

d)

Grass

5.

What do tertiary consumers eat?

a)

Primary consumers

b)

Secondary consumers

c)

Producers

d)

Decomposers

6.

What is the role of herbivores in a food web?

a)

They produce energy through photosynthesis

b)

They eat producers

c)

They eat secondary consumers

d)

They decompose dead organisms

7.

What happens if the population of wolves decreases in an ecosystem?

a)

The grass population decreases

b)

The deer population may increase

c)

The ecosystem collapses immediately

d)

The producers become carnivores

8.

What is interdependence in a food web?

a)

Each level of consumer depends on the previous level for food

b)

All animals eat the same food

c)

Only producers are important

d)

Consumers do not affect each other

9.

What might happen if deer overconsume grass in an ecosystem?

a)

The grass will grow more

b)

The wolves will have more food

c)

The grass will have less room to grow

d)

The ecosystem will become a desert

10.

What is an example of a tertiary consumer?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Hawk

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Squirrel

11.

What will happen if deer is missing in the food chain given above? Choose 2 correct options:

a)

The population of tiger decreases

b)

population of grass increases

c)

The population of tiger increases

d)

The population of grass decreases

12.

What do lizards eat?

a)

mice

b)

grasshoppers

c)

hawks

d)

grass

13.
What would happen in this food chain if the grass suddenly died?
a)
Snakes would die.
b)
Frogs would increase.
c)
Everything would die.
d)
Hawks would decrease.
14.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
d)
an animal that eats only herbs
15.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
16.

Which of these organisms is considered to be a producer?

a)

grass

b)

gazelle

c)

fox

d)

coyote

17.

Marco caught a blue crab while he was at the beach with his family. He wanted to take it home and place it in his pond, but was told the crab would not survive. What is the MOST likely reason the crab needs the ocean to survive?

a)

There is more sunlight.

b)

There are fewer predators.

c)

The crab needs less oxygen.

d)

The crab needs the salt water.

18.
Which of the following describes a relationship in which one organism depends on another for its needs?
a)
A rabbit burrowing in the ground
b)
A hawk catching and eating a mouse
c)
A frog cooling off in a pond
d)
An oak tree absorbing sunlight for food