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Food Web TEST

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organism has the most food resources?

a)

Prairie chickens

b)

Badgers

c)

Upland sandpipers

d)

Grasshoppers

2.

How many types of organisms in this food web obtain energy directly from producers?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

Which of the following are the producer in the grassland food web? Select all correct answers.

a)

Badgers

b)

Lupines

c)

Prairie chickens

d)

Ground squirrels

e)

Grasses

4.

Which type of organism should replace the X in the food web?

a)

An omnivore

b)

An herbivore

c)

A carnivore

d)

A producer

5.

In the food web shown, energy is transferred directly between —

a)

conifer seeds and red crossbills

b)

conifer leaves and northern goshawks

c)

blue grouse and wolves

d)

elk and sharp-shinned hawks

6.

How many types of organisms in this food web obtain energy directly from producers?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

7.

Which organism is at the top of the food web?

a)

Leopard seal

b)

Killer whale

c)

Penguin

d)

Squid

8.

According to the food web, the kangaroo rat most likely competes with which organism for food?

a)

snake, desert fox, and hawk

b)

snake only

c)

small lizard and insect

d)

desert plant and scorpion

9.

Which predator has the most prey?

a)

large lizard

b)

desert plant

c)

hawk

d)

desert fox

10.

What would most likely happen if the producers increase?

a)

The insects, small lizards, and kangaroo rats would increase along with the organisms that eat them.

b)

The organisms that eat the producers would move to a new location.

c)

The scorpion population would decrease.

d)

The hawks would start to eat the producers.

11.

What type of consumer is the desert fox?

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

producer

12.

A food chain shows the flow of energy. What should be done to make the food chain above correct?

a)

The owl and sun should switch positions.

b)

The mouse and the grass should switch positions.

c)

The first arrow should point toward the right.

d)

All three arrows should point toward the right.

13.

Which of the organisms in this food web receives energy directly from the sun?

a)

Phytoplankton

b)

Orca whales

c)

Tuna

d)

Krill

14.

Which of the following organisms could be added to this food web with arrows from every other organism pointing toward it?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Algae

c)

Seagull

d)

Seaweed

15.

Label this food chain

16.

Based on the food web, which shows correctly the one way that energy flows?

a)

Plant -->Beetle-->Fox

b)

Plant <--Beetle<-- Fox

c)

Plant-->rabbit-->beetle

d)

Owl-->rabbit-->plant

17.

The diagram shows a woodlands food chain. What is the role of the tree in the food chain?


Sun → Tree → Squirrel → Hawk

a)

make energy available directly to the Hawk

b)

To use Sun's energy to produce food

c)

to break down waste left by squirrels

d)

to provide a place for the hawk to build it's nest

18.

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

a)

mouse

b)

rabbit

c)

wildflowers

d)

snake

19.

Which answer choice shows the correct way energy is transferred through a food chain in the food web?

a)

b)

c)

d)

20.

Use your knowledge of science and the food web below to answer questions 6 and 7.


Which change would most likely occur if all the bald eagles were removed?

a)

All the organisms would move to another location.

b)

The salamander and trout population would increase.

c)

The frog gets energy from the dragonfly.

d)

The salamander population would decrease.