Food Chains
  • 1. Which animal is an herbivore?
A) zebra
B) coyote
C) skunk
D) cat
  • 2. If you see animals grazing in a field, what type of animal would it be?
A) carnivore
B) insectivore
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
  • 3. What is the original source of energy in a food chain?
A) produce
B) sun
C) soil
D) consumer
  • 4. How is a producer different from a consumer?
A) A plant makes its own food
B) A producer only eats meat
C) A consumer makes its own food
D) A consumer only eats plants
  • 5. What is the job of the decomposer?
A) eat plants
B) tear up foods
C) break down waste
D) eat meat
  • 6. Which statement is true about food chains?
A) all food chains start with consumers
B) the arrow shows which animals are herbivores
C) the arrow shows the movement of energy
D) the arrow show which animal eat meat
  • 7. What is a food web?
A) shows what plants eat in an ecosystem
B) animals that break down waste
C) overlapping food chains
D) animals that eat too much
  • 8. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cats
B) fish
C) strawberries
D) snail
  • 9. How does a producer get its energy?
A) sun
B) soil
C) water
D) animals
  • 10. Which of the following could not be part of a food chain?
A) sun
B) consumer
C) producer
D) adaptation
  • 11. What would happen to a food chain if the producer was taken out? grass-->mouse-->snake-->hawk
A) The animals would be thirsty
B) The mouse would eat the snake
C) The animals would starve and likely all die
D) The snake would eat grass
  • 12. Which food chain is correct?
A) mouse-->grass-->snake
B) corn<--mouse<--snake
C) corn-->mouse-->snake
D) snake-->mouse-->corn
  • 13. An example of a decomposer would be...
A) snake
B) bread
C) fungus
D) grass
  • 14. A carnivore eats only
A) meat
B) both meat and plants
C) mold
D) plants
  • 15. Choose the incorrect food chain
A) grass-->turkey-->person
B) lettuce-->turtle-->dog
C) mouse -->cat-->coyote
D) corn-->mouse-->cat
  • 16. This type of organism eats dead stuff before it decomposes.
A) predator
B) scavenger
C) omnivore
D) trees
  • 17. A worm is an example of a ______.
A) herbivore
B) producer
C) detrivore
D) icky organism
  • 18. When two organisms live together and mutually benefit each other, they demonstrate _____.
A) friendship
B) predator-prey relationship
C) parasitism
D) symbiosis
  • 19. Secondary consumers live at which trophic level?
A) 3rd trophic level
B) 1st trophic level
C) 2nd trophic level
D) tertiary trophic level
  • 20. An organism that gets it energy and nutrition from chemicals - many from volcanic vents in the ocean.
A) chemotroph
B) waterotroph
C) omnivore
D) heterotroph
  • 21. What is the total quantity or weight of organic material found in an ecosystem called?
A) available energy mass
B) energy pyramid
C) biomass
D) 10% rule
  • 22. A way to show the biomass or productivity at different trophic levels is using a _____.
A) 10% rule
B) energy pyramid
C) biomass pyramid
D) food chain
  • 23. The 10% rule refers to the _____.
A) number of producers available for herbivores to eat
B) amount of waste produced by decomposers and detrivores
C) amount of energy that transfers from one trophic level to the next
D) way two food chains are inter-connected
  • 24. An organism capable of producing its own food is called a _____.
A) autotroph
B) herbivore
C) heterotroph
D) detrivore
  • 25. An organism that consumes food energy from other organisms is called a _____.
A) producer
B) chemotroph
C) heterotroph
D) autotroph
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