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Food Chains and Webs Unit Test

This document contains a unit test on food chains and food webs. It has four sections testing knowledge of key terms like producers, consumers, decomposers and how energy flows through ecosystems. Section one contains true/false questions, section two is a matching exercise, section three has multiple choice, and section four asks an essay question about removing grass from a food chain. The test assesses understanding of how characteristics and changes in environments affect diversity of organisms as outlined in the provided standard.

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Food Chains and Webs Unit Test

This document contains a unit test on food chains and food webs. It has four sections testing knowledge of key terms like producers, consumers, decomposers and how energy flows through ecosystems. Section one contains true/false questions, section two is a matching exercise, section three has multiple choice, and section four asks an essay question about removing grass from a food chain. The test assesses understanding of how characteristics and changes in environments affect diversity of organisms as outlined in the provided standard.

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  • Section 1: True or False
  • Section 2: Matching
  • Section 3: Multiple Choice
  • Section 4: Essay

Name: __________________________                   Date: __________________________  

Unit 5 Test: Food Chains/Food Webs 

Standard (s): Standard 3.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the

characteristics and changes in environments and habitats affect the diversity of organisms. 

Section 1: True or False 

Directions: Read the statements carefully. Determine if the statement is true or false. Circle true

if the statement is true. Circle false if the statement is false. 

1. An adaptation is a special skill or trait that helps an animal survive in its surroundings. 

True          False  

2. A predator is an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food. 

True          False 

3. A food chain shows how energy passes from organism to another in an ecosystem. 

True          False 

4. Energy is lost as it travels through a food chain. 

True          False 

5. A mushroom is an example of a producer. 

True          False 

 
Section 2: Matching 

Directions: Read all the answer choices carefully and then write the letter on the line for each

term that best fits the definition. 

Definitions  Terms 
____1. An organism that produces (makes) its A. Carnivore 

own food.  B. Consumer 

____2. A consumer that eats only meat.  C. Decomposer 

____3. An animal that cannot produce its own D. Herbivore 

food and must eat plants or other animals for E. Omnivore 

energy.  F. Prey 

____4. A consumer that eats only plants.  G. Producer 

____5. An organism that breaks down dead or  

decaying organisms.

____6. A consumer that eats both plants and

animals. 

 
 

Section 3: Multiple Choice 


Directions: Read the question and all the answer options carefully. Circle the answer choice that

best fits the statement or question.  

1.  In a food web, what direction does energy flow? 

A. Bottom to top 

B. Left to right 

C. Right to left 

D. Top to bottom 

2.  A pear tree is a _______. 

A. Consumer 

B. Decomposer 

C. Producer 

3.  A herbivore would eat all the following except a (an) ______. 

A. Apple 

B. Carrot 

C. Leaf 

D. Mouse 

4.  Which of the following is an example of a primary consumer?

A. Cow

B. Dog

C. Hawk

D. Tiger

5.   Which of the following is at the bottom of a food web?


A. Consumer

B. Decomposer

C. Producer

Answer questions 6-8 using the picture below.  

6. The above diagram is an example of a _______. 

A. Food Chain 

B. Food Web 

C. Food Pyramid  

7.   Which of the following is the top predator in the diagram? 

A. Hawk 

B. Mouse 
C. Snake 

D. Rabbit 

8. All the following are represented in the diagram except: 

A. Consumer 

B. Decomposer 

C. Predator 

D. Producer 

Section 4: Essay  

Directions: Look at the picture below and then carefully read the prompt. In a minimum of 3

sentences, answer and explain your response. 

Prompt: Considering how energy flows through a food chain, what would happen if you

removed the grass from the food chain? 

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