Food Web/Food Chain Test Practice

Which of the following lists only consumers?

• Hawks, lizards, chipmunks

• Acorns, squirrels, rabbits

• Grass, chipmunks, eagles

• Mice, squirrels, grass

A food chain is a series of relationships between members of an ecosystem so that _________ can be transferred between them.

• food

• sunlight

• energy

• water

An example of a food chain in a pond environment would be: algae: water bug: fish: otter. In this example the __________ is at the bottom of the food chain.

• algae

• water bug

• fish

• otter

An example of a forest food chain could be: pinenut (from a tree): squirrel: fox: bacteria. In this example, the food chain ends with

• plant-eating

• meat-eating

• decompostion

• photosynthesis

After the producer, the next members of the food chain will be consumers. Consumers must eat __________ ______________ to survive.

• more food

• more bugs

• other organisms

How may food chains is this grasshopper apart of?

• 3

• 2

• 5

• 1

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Which organism is both a primary and secondary consumer?

• butterfly

• bird

• mouse

• frog

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Which organisms are herbivores? Check all that apply.

• squirrel

• frog

• plants

• grasshopper

Which organism listed is the most critical to the sustainability of the ecosystem?

• snake

• worm

• mouse

• rabbit

Which organism in this food web has the most amount of prey?

• Mouse

• Hawk

• Spider

• Mushroom