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SNC 1DI
Food Chains and Trophic Levels - Quiz
Name: ________________________
Part A – Multiple choice: Circle the best answer. (10 marks)
1.
An organism that uses sunlight and abiotic materials to
make its own food is a(n):
a) producer
b) herbivore
c) ecoparasite
d) detritivore
e) consumer
8.
Which term describes the regions of the Earth where
living organisms exist?
a) atmosphere
b) biosphere
c) ecosphere
d) hydrosphere
e) lithosphere
2.
Consumers in an ecosystem are:
a) producers
b) animals that are always omnivores
c) animals that are always herbivores
d) animals that are always carnivores
e) animals like deer and rabbits
9.
Omnivores are organisms that . . .
a) eat plants only
b) eat animals only
c) are meatatarians
d) eat plants and animals
3.
Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that feed on dead
plant and animal matter are called:
a) detritivores
b) decomposers
c) consumers
d) scavengers
e) both (b) and (c)
4.
In a typical forest ecosystem, which organism would be
least abundant:
a) hawk
b) snake
c) frog
d) grasshopper
e) grass
5.
Examples of abiotic factors in an ecosystem include:
a) water, rabbits, carbon dioxide
b) temperature, oxygen, fungi
c) wind, water, bacteria
d) plants, leaves, trees
e) none of the above
6.
Which term includes the other four:
a) food chain
b) consumers
c) producers
d) herbivores
e) food web
7.
Most of the time, in any ecosystem there are more:
a) predators than prey
b) prey than predators
c) autotrophs (by mass) than heterotrophs
d) both (a) and (b)
e) both (b) and (c)
10. The primary consumer in a food chain is always . . .
a) a carnivore
b) a herbivore
c) the top carnivore
d) the 1st trophic level
e) the least abundant animal
SNC 1DI
Food Chains and Trophic Levels - Quiz
Part B: Food Web Analysis (10 marks)
1.
Identify an animal that is both a secondary consumer and a tertiary consumer. (2 marks)
2.
The insectivorous birds that feed on spiders are at which trophic level? (1 mark)
3.
Name one component that is missing from this food web. (1 mark)
4.
Identify a food chain that has 5 trophic levels. (4 marks)
5.
Name the trophic level AND consumer order of the toad. (2 marks)
Name: ________________________