Ecology Quiz: Food Chains
1. The image above is of a food web because
a. It shows a single path of energy.
b. It shows what organisms eat.
c. Is shows many paths of energy.
2. What do the arrows show?
a. Which animal is eaten by a different animal.
b. The order of animals from smallest to larges.
c. The direction of energy flow.
3. From where does the frog get its energy?
a. From the Kookaburra.
b. From the moth.
c. From the ant.
d. From the moth, ant, and dragonfly.
Name: _________________
4. The algae is a
a. Consumer
b. Producer
c. Decomposer
5. The tadpole is a
a. Primary consumer
b. Secondary consumer
c. Tertiary consumer
6. The Maned Geese are a
a. Primary consumer
b. Secondary consumer
c. Tertiary consumer
7. The niche of a decomposer is
a. To eat the primary consumer
b. To eat the dead organisms
c. To break down the dead oranisms
8. Autotrophs get their energy from
a. The primary consumer
b. The heterotrophs
c. The sun.
9. Heterotrophs get their energy from
a. Eating consumers
b. Eating producers
c. Both A and B.
10. The organisms in the food web represent a
a. Ecosystem
b. Population
c. Community
11. If the number of ants in the food web decreased
a. The number of frogs would increase
b. The number of sedge would increase
c. The number of centipedes would increase.
12. All of the following are characteristics of life, except
a. Has cells
b. Adapts
c. Uses energy
d. Breaths
Draw a picture in each of the boxes below that represents the vocabulary word beneath
the box.
Population
Organism
Ecosystem
Community