Quiz about Food chains and food webs

Question 1

What are plants called in a food chain?

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Producers

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Consumers

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Decomposers

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Scavengers

Question 2

What are animals called in a food chain?

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Consumers

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Producers

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Decomposers

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Plants

Question 3

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

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Decomposers

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Producers

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Consumers

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Organisms

Question 4

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

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Sun

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Plant

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Deer

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Wolf

Question 5

What is the role of a producer?

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Use sunlight to make food

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Gain energy from eating other organisms

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Keep other species from overpopulating

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Breaking down dead stuff

Question 6

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

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Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

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Use sunlight to make food

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Break down dead stuff

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Add nutrients to the soil

Question 7

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

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Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Use sunlight to make food

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Eat other organisms to gain energy

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Make the food for the whole food chain

Question 8

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

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Hawk

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Plant

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Rabbit

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Mouse

Question 9

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

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Herbivores

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Omnivores

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Carnivores

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Scavengers

Question 10

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

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Carnivores

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Producers

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Herbivores

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Omnivores

Question 11

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

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Omnivores

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Herbivores

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Carnivores

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Plants

Question 12

Which of the following is a producer?

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Maple tree

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Sunfish

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Bunny

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Bear

Question 13

Producers get their energy from the ______.

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Sun

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water

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eating animals

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eating plants

Question 14

Which organism is a decomposer?

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mushroom

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grass

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mouse

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caterpillar

Question 15

Which food chain is in the correct order?

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grass, snail, bird, cat

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cat, grass, bird, snail

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bird, snail, grass, cat

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grass, cat, bird, snail

Question 16

Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

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decomposers

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producers

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consumers

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food chains

Question 17

Example of a decomposer

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fungus

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mouse

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plants

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frogs

Question 18

A tree is a ....

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producer

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composer

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decomposer

Question 19

Humans are considered...

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consumers

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decomposers

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producers

Question 20

Frogs are considered...

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consumers

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decomposers

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producers

Question 21

Where do all life forms get their energy?

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The Sun

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Earth's Core

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Water

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Plants

Question 22

What is a food chain?

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How animals depend on plants and animals to survive

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A long chain made of food

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A list of ingredients used to cook food

Question 23

What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

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Predator

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Prey

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Producer

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Decomposer

Question 24

Which is an example of a producer?

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A Tree

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A Human

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A Spider

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A Caterpillar

Question 25

What do Omnivores eat?

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Meat and plants

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Meat

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Plants

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Only meat

Question 26

An animal that eats plants rather than other animals is called:

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Herbivore

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Meat Eater

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

Question 27

If an animal becomes extinct, which part of the food chain is affected?

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The whole food chain is affected

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Only animals at the top of the food chain are affected

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Only animals at the bottom of the food chain are affected

Question 28

A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:

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Consumers

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Decomposers

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Carnivores

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Herbivores

Question 29

How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients back into the soil

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They use the sun to make food

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Decomposers only break down dead plants

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They do not help other organisms in an ecosystem

Question 30

The complex network of food chains in an ecosystem is called:

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Food Web

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Food Chain

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Ecosystem

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Population

Question 31

An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain is called:

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Food Chain

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Habitat

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Population

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Food Web

Question 32

Plants that get their food from the sun's energy and act as source of food for other organisms in an ecosystem is called:

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Producer

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Consumer

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Decomposer

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Herbivore

Question 33

An animal that eats only meat is called:

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Carnivore

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Consumer

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Omnivore

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Herbivore

Question 34

1st level consumers are:

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Herbivores

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Producers

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Decomposers

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Carnivores

Question 35

An animal that eats both other animals and plants is called:

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Omnivore

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Carnivore

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Herbivore

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Producer

Question 36

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

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Shrew

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Hawk

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Spider

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Grasshopper

Question 37

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a

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prey

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predator

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population

Question 38

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

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leaves

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mushroom

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mold

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worm

Question 39

How many carnivores are shown in this food web?

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5

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6

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4

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3

Question 40

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

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There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

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There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

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There would be a decrease in the mice population.

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There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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