FOOD CHAIN AND FOOD WEB PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
In the pyramid , which of the
following organisms are herbivores?
(A) humans
(B) fish
(C) minnows
(D) copepods
2.
Species that utilize the same source of nutrition within a food web can best be described as
(A) providing double links in a food chain
(B) occupying the same trophic level
(C) being secondary consumers within a complex food web
(D) being autotrophs, heterotrophs, or omnivores
3.
Which of the following is true about secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
(A) They eat only plants.
(B) They are eaten by primary consumers
(C) They are smaller and weaker than are primary consumers.
(D) They are fewer in number than are primary consumers.
4.
The primary producers of the deep sea communities associated with hot water vents are
(A) plants
(B) tube worms
(C) photosynthetic algae
(D) chemoautotrophic bacteria
(E) Level
4
3
2
1
Population
4
360
780
5,782
5.
In a simple ecosystem, a survey of the populations in four successive trophic levels was taken as shown above.
If level 1 is composed of photosynthetic autotrophs, then the trophic level with 780 individuals will most likely
represent?
(A) primary consumers
(B) secondary consumers
(C) tertiary consumers
(D) decomposers
6.
Refer to the food web below.
All of the following statements about the diagram are correct EXCEPT
(A) The grasshopper is an herbivore.
(B) Only two trophic levels are depicted.
(C) The mouse and grasshopper are at the same trophic level.
(D) The grass is a producer.
7.
The organic and inorganic materials in all of the organisms in the diagram will eventually return to the environment by
the action of
(A) decomposers
(B) producers
(C) primary consumers
(D) secondary consumers
8.
The diagram below shows a food web of a simplified rocky coastal ecosystem dominated by kelp forests attached to
rocky substrates by holdfasts (modified algal parts), which are eaten by sea urchins.
The minimum number of trophic levels in a food chain ending with killer whales is
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
9.
Species that feed at only one trophic level include which of the following?
I. Zooplankton
II. Planktivorous fish
III. Killer whales
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I only
II only
III only
II and III only