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Photosynthesis and Trophic Levels

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that cannot make its own food.

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

2.

An organism that makes its own food

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

3.

The top predator in an ecosystem

a)

Apex Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Producer

d)

Primary consumer

4.

An organism that can make its own food using chemosynthesis or photosynthesis.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Predator

d)

Omnivore

5.

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Autotroph

d)

Prey

6.

A consumer that eats only plants

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Autotroph

7.

A consumer that eats only animals.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

8.

Each step in a food chain or food web

a)

Trophic level

b)

Adaptations

c)

Link

d)

Ecological pyramid

9.

Name the Trophic Levels

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

e)

Quaternary Consumer

10.

The total mass of living tissue within a trophic level

a)

Biomass

b)

Trophic levels

c)

Ecological pyramid

d)

Biomagnification

11.

A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level

a)

Ecological pyradmid

b)

Food chain

c)

Food web

d)

Carnivores

12.

The organisms that eat producers are called.....

a)

Primary consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

13.

The organisms that eat the secondary consumers are called.....

a)

Producers

b)

Tertiary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Primary consumers

14.

Organisms that can make their own food are called

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Omnivores

d)

Decomposers

15.

Producers get their energy from

a)

coffee

b)

the soil

c)

water

d)

the sun

16.

Organisms that have to eat other organisms are called

a)

producers

b)

autotrophs

c)

consumers

d)

prey

17.

Another word for producer is

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

c)

carnivore

d)

decomposer

18.

An organism that cannot make its own food is called a(n)

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

c)

producer

19.

An organism that only eats plants is call a(n)

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

detritivore

20.

An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a(n)

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

detritivore

21.

An organism that eats dead material is called a(n)

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

detritivore

22.

An organism that only eats animals is called a(n)

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

detritivore

23.

___% of energy is passed from one organism to another.

a)

1

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1000

24.

1.


What are the reactants of cellular respiration in plants?

a)

carbon dioxide and water

b)

glucose and carbon dioxide

c)

the reactants of the electron transport chain

d)

oxygen and glucose

25.

.


In the first stage of photosynthesis,

a)

carbon compounds are produced

b)

the Calvin cycle takes place

c)

sunlight is required to generate ATP

d)

carbon dioxide is utilized

26.

which of the following is a reactant to photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Glucose

d)

Water

27.

Why are plants considered autotrophs

a)

They make their own food

b)

They provide food for others

28.

The process of converting carbon dioxide into sugars is called what?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Glycolisis

c)

The Calvin Cycle

d)

Cellular Respiration

29.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

Glucose

b)

sunlight

c)

water

30.

What two forms of energy are produced from the light-dependent reaction?

a)

Energy and water

b)

ATP and ADP

c)

ATP and NADPH

d)

NADP and NADPH

31.

Why do some leaves turn from green to red, orange, or yellow in the fall?

a)

Chlorophyll breaks down and its stored

b)

Chlorophyll production increases

c)

Chlorophyll leaks out of the leaves

d)

Chlorophyll changes colors in cool weather

32.

Why does chlorophyll make plants appear green?

a)

Reflecting all colors expect green

b)

Absorbing all colors and reflecting back green

c)

Not absorbing any colors

d)

Leaves aren't green, what do you mean?!

33.

What occurs in the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis?

a)

nothing happens there is no energy

b)

glucose is synthesized from CO2

c)

Oxygen is being converted into sugar

34.

The main purpose for the process cellular respiration is ATP.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

What are the products of cellular respiration? Choose 3.

a)

water

b)

ATP

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sunlight

e)

Carbon Dioxide

36.

The process in which a cell harvests energy from glucose and makes it into usable energy for the body is called-----

a)

cellular fermentation

b)

anaerobic respiration

c)

aerobic fermentaion

d)

cellular respiration

37.

Cellular respiration occurs in

a)

chloroplasts

b)

mitochondria

c)

golgi aparatus

d)

thylakoid

38.
The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.
a)
the Earth
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
the food we eat/make
39.

A plant's goal for photosynthesis is to:

a)

make food (glucose)

b)

make carbon dioxide

c)

make oxygen

d)

make water

40.
What gas is released into the air during cellular respiration?
a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water 
d)
glucose
41.

What gas is released into the air during photosynthesis?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

water

d)

glucose

42.

What are the reactants of cellular respiration? (Mark all of them!)

a)

oxygen

b)

glucose

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

e)

energy

43.

What are the products of cellular respiration? (Mark all of them!)

a)

oxygen

b)

glucose

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

e)

energy

44.

What are the reactants of photosynthesis? (Mark all of them!)

a)

oxygen

b)

glucose

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

e)

sunlight

45.

What are the products of photosynthesis? (Mark all of them!)

a)

oxygen

b)

glucose

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water

e)

sunlight

46.

Choose all organisms associated with this trophic cascade.

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.

Which is the keystone species for the jungle ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
48.

Which of the following show indirect effects of one organism to the next?

a)

Bass to phytoplankton.

b)

Bass to minnows.

c)

Minnows to zooplankton.

d)

Zooplankton to phytoplankton.

49.

Why did the vegetation on the Aleutian islands grow sparse?

a)

indirect negative impact of the fox population on the seabirds

b)

direct negative impact of the fox population on the seabirds

c)

direct positive impact of the seabirds on vegetation

d)

direct negative impact of the seabirds on the foxes

50.

Which of the following did the rinderpest affect the African savannah both directly and indirectly?

a)
b)
c)
d)
51.

Which of the following brought direct negative impacts of the next trophic level?

a)
b)
c)
d)
52.

What did this picture tell James Estes when he dived into the water?

a)

There were no otters.

b)

The urchins ate the otters.

c)

The kelp ate the urchins.

53.

Which of the following was affected by the loss of the otters?

a)
b)
c)
d)
54.

What is true about the sea star species?

a)

it is a keystone species

b)

it has no real effect on the environment

c)

it controls the mussel population

d)

it is found at the top of a trophic cascade

55.

A keystone species is a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.


Which of the following is/are (a) keystone species?

a)
b)
c)
d)
56.

True or False: Decreasing a population in an ecosystem will affect other populations in the ecosystem.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Are producers biotic or abiotic factors?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

58.

Are consumers biotic or abiotic factors?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

59.

Is sunlight a biotic or abiotic factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

60.

Which three statements correctly describe materials plants need?

a)

Plants need sunlight to grow.

b)

Plants need water to grow.

c)

Plants need soil to photosynthesize.

d)

Plants need carbon dioxide to photosynthesize.

e)

Plants need oxygen to photosynthesize.

61.

Which organisms get energy from crickets?

a)

cattails and grasshoppers

b)

cattails and frogs

c)

shrews and frogs

d)

grasshoppers and shrews

62.

Which two energy flows are correct based on the students’

classifications?

a)

Plant → Wolf

b)

Plant → Deer

c)

Sun → Deer

d)

Sun → Plant

e)

Earthworm → Wolf

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63.

Which organisms are decomposers that should be added to complete the

food web?

a)

Hawk and Earthworm

b)

Tree and Fungi

c)

Earthworm and Fungi

d)

Squirrel and Bacteria

64.

The energy that the organisms in this food chain use for growth began as

energy from the

a)

cardinal.

b)

cricket.

c)

grass.

d)

sun.

65.

The model below shows a plant. Four of its structures are labeled. Which structure absorbs carbon dioxide during the photosynthesis process?

a)

leaf (W)

b)

stem (V)

c)

roots (X)

d)

petal (U)

66.

A group of students is creating a model of an ecosystem.  Which of the following organisms should the students select to act as a consumer?

a)

b)

c)

d)

67.

Which of these correctly describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?

a)

Plants produce and release the oxygen that animals need to breathe

b)

Plants produce and release the carbon dioxide that animals need to breathe

c)

Animals produce and release the oxygen that plants need to make their own food

d)

Animals produce and release the oxygen that plants convert to carbon dioxide

68.

Analyze the model of the food chain below. Which type of organism would complete the food chain?

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

69.

Blake’s fourth grade class is completing a lab on photosynthesis.  Below is a model of the investigation.

Which of the following would represent the energy source for photosynthesis to occur?

a)

lamp

b)

gas

c)

test tube

d)

water plant

70.

 Decomposers are important in the food chain because they...

a)

break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil.

b)

stop the flow of energy from one organism to another.

c)

produce their own food using light from the sun

d)

are microscopic and other organisms cannot consume them.

71.

Analyze the model below. Use it to help you answer the question.

Identify one labeled item from the model that uses energy from the sun to produce food. 

a)

fence

b)

vegetables

c)

bird

d)

house

72.

If there is a grass fire in this ecosystem, which organism MUST find another source of food energy in order to survive? 

a)

tree

b)

beetle

c)

mouse

d)

caterpillar

73.

Which of the following is an example of a food chain within this ecosystem?

a)

Dragonfly nymph → Water flea → Tadpole

b)

Guppy → Tilapia → Dragonfly nymph

c)

Tadpole → Elodea → Guppy

d)

Elodea→ Tadpole → Dragonfly nymph

74.

Which statement accurately describes a relationship shown in the food web?

a)

Trees are a producer for mice.

b)

Mice are herbivores that consume (eat) grasses and are preyed on by elk.

c)

Owls prey on rabbits and frogs.

d)

Rabbits get their energy from owls and snakes.