Ecology vocabulary practice test

Which of the organisms in the food web is a carnivore?

• grasshopper
• rabbit
• deer
• shrew

In the food web, you can tell that the duiker is a herbivore because:

• it is eaten by cheetahs and lions
• an arrow goes from the sausage tree to it

An ecosystem is:

• the non-living things in an area (water, air, and soil)
• the living things in an area (grass, trees, birds, insects)
• a place and all the living and non-living things in that place
• a food chain

Some examples of ecosystems are:

• a coral reef
• a pond
• Yellowstone
• all of them

Which of the following statements is or are true of food webs?

• a food web contains all the interactions in which one organism eats another in an ecosystem
• the arrows in a food web go FROM the organism that is eaten TO the organism that eats
• both

True or false? A food web is made up of many food chains.

• True
• False

True or false? Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, and quaternary consumer, and apex predator are all trophic levels.

• True
• False

Producers are plants and other green living things that perform photosynthesis.

• True
• False

Which of the following are used by producers to make food?

• carbon dioxide
• water
• sunlight
• all of them

In the food web, which organisms is or are primary consumers? (Check all that apply)

• rabbit
• grasshopper
• buzzard
• mouse
• plantain