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Quiz: Food chains and Food Webs

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Soil

d)

Wind

2.

In a food chain, which organism is usually at the start of the food chain?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Predator

3.

Which of the following best describes an herbivore?

a)

An animal that eats plants

b)

An animal that eats other animals

c)

An animal that can eat both plants and animals

d)

An animal that produces its own food

4.

Which of the following best describes a carnivore?

a)

An animal that eats plants

b)

An animal that eats other animals

c)

An animal that can eat both plants and animals

d)

An animal that produces its own food

5.

Which of the following best describes an omnivore?

a)

An animal that eats plants

b)

An animal that eats other animals

c)

An animal that can eat both plants and animals

d)

An animal that produces its own food

6.

Below is a list of organisms. Which is the correct order of a food chain?

a)

Python, Grasshopper, Grass, Frog, Eagle

b)

Grass, Python, Grasshopper, Frog, Eagle

c)

Grass, Grasshopper, Frog, Python, Eagle

d)

Frog, Grass, Python, Grasshopper, Eagle

7.

Makes their own food

a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Secondary Consumers

c)

Tertiary Consumers

d)

Producers

8.

These organisms are mostly herbivores

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

9.

Organisms that eat primary consumers. Can be omnivores and carnivores

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

10.

Eats primary and secondary consumers.

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

11.

Series of relationships between organisms, showing how energy and nutrients are transferred from one organism to another in the ecosystem

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Food

12.

What are the producers in this food web?

a)

Snake and Hawk

b)

Bird and Mouse

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Bush and Tree

13.

Which animal is the Tertiary consumer in this food web?

a)

Snake

b)

Hawk

c)

Bluejay

d)

Grasshopper

14.

Which are the primary consumers in this food web?

a)

Snake

b)

Hawk

c)

Mouse and grasshopper

d)

Bluejay

15.

What would happen if the primary producers in a food web were removed?

a)

Only the top predators would be affected

b)

The entire ecosystem would collapse

c)

The secondary consumers would thrive

d)

There would be no change to the ecosystem

16.

How many consumers are in the image above?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

Identify the producer in the image above.

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Frog

d)

Snake

e)

Eagle

18.
In a food web, arrows point at:
a)
who gets energy.
b)
who gets eaten.
19.
This giraffe is an example of a _______________________________.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Autotroph
d)
Herbivore
20.
As a predator this lion is also an example of a ______________.
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Carnivore
d)
Herbivore
21.
These mushroom are heterotrophs and must therefore get nutrients from other organic matter. Mushroom aslo act as ____________________ in many food webs.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Decomposer
c)
Carnivore
d)
Omnivore
22.
The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.
a)
Frog
b)
Eagle
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Python
23.
Given that the bear pictured eat many types of food including meats and plants, he is an example of an ______________________.
a)
Autotroph
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Producer
24.

This graphic diagrams a _______________________.

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Pyramid

d)

Food Buffet

25.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
26.

What are the four kingdoms in the domain eukarya

a)

plantae, animalia, single-celled, bacteria

b)

archaea, plantae, fungi, cocci

c)

fungi, protista, plantae, eukarya

d)

animalia, protista, plantae, fungi

27.

What makes its own food

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

prokaryote

d)

eukaryote

28.

Biologist are continually looking at the variety of life on Earth and trying to determine the best way to group it based on different characteristics. Recently, biologists have divided all life into three main groups, called domains. What are the three domains?

a)

plants, animals, bacteria

b)

prokaryotic, eukaryotic, viral

c)

Bacteria, Achaea, Eukarya

d)

biotic, abiotic, viral

29.
What are the three domains?
a)
Plant, Animal, Fungi
b)
Eukarya, Archaea, Animal
c)
Eukarya, Archea, Eubacteria
d)
Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria 
30.
What are the three domains?
a)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
b)
Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
c)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
d)
Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
31.

Heterotroph

a)

An organism that obtains its energy from an abiotic source such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

b)

An organism that must consume other organisms for energy.

c)

able to move on its own

d)

unable to move on its own

32.

Autotroph

a)

An organism that obtains its energy from an abiotic source such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

b)

An organism that must consume other organisms for energy.

c)

able to move on its own

d)

unable to move on its own

33.

Select the answer that correctly shows the hierarchy of taxonomy from broadest to specific

a)

Domain, Phylum, Kingdom, Family, Order, Class, Genus, Species

b)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

c)

Species, Genus, Order, Family, Class, Phylum, Domain

d)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species

34.

Which THREE are the Domains of life?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Animalia

d)

Archaea

e)

Protista