Food Chain and Food Web Quiz

Food chain quiz multiple choice questions answers:

Food chains are met with only in the
(a) Sea
(b) Cities
(c) Forests
(d) In all the places

Ans. (d)

The herbivores are also called
(a) Primary consumers
(b) Secondary consumers
(c) Tertiary consumers

Ans. (a)

The order of organisms in an aquatic food chain is
(a) Bacteria > Seal > Diatom > Fish > Crustacea
(b) Crustacea > Seal > Fish > Polar Bear > Diatom
(c) Polar Bear > Diatom > Seal > Crustacea
(d) Diatom > Crustacea > Fish > Seal > Bacteria

Ans. (d)

In a food chain, the total amount of living material is depicted by
(a) Pyramid of biomass
(b) Pyramid of energy
(c) Pyramid of number
(d) Trophic levels

Ans. (a)

Ecosystem creates
(a) Food chain
(b) Food web

Ans. (b)

Which of the food chains directly depends on solar radiation?
(a) Predator
(b) Grazing
(c) Detritus

Ans. (b)

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A plant being eaten by a herbivorous, which in turn is eaten by a carnivorous, makes
(a) Food chain
(b) Food web
(c) Omnivorous
(d) Interdependent

Ans. (a)

In a food chain of grassland ecosystem, the top consumers are
(a) Carnivores
(b) Herbivores
(c) Either carnivores or herbivores
(d) Bacteria

Ans. (a)

A food chain starts with
(a) Nitrogen-fixing organisms
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Respiration
(d) Decomposers

Ans. (b)

In the food web, hyaenas and vultures are
(a) Primary consumers
(b) Predators
(c) Scavengers
(d) Decomposers

Ans. (c)

Each successive trophic level has:
(a) Increased total energy
(b) Less total energy content
(c) More total energy content
(d) Non-estimated energy content

Ans. (b)

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Which of the following food chains may not be directly dependent upon solar energy?
(a) Grazing
(b) Detritus
(c) Soaking
(d) Depleting

Ans. (b)

In a food chain, the total amount of living material is depicted by
(a) Pyramid of energy
(b) Pyramid of numbers
(c) Pyramid of biomass

Ans. (c)

In a food chain, herbivores are
(a) Primary producers
(b) Primary consumers
(c) Secondary consumers
(d) Decomposers

Ans. (b)

In an ecosystem, there are more prey than predators. This relationship is called.
(a) Food webs
(b) Predator-prey relationship
(c) Pyramid of number
(d) Succession

Ans. (c)

The food chain consists of
(a) Producer, consumer and decomposer
(b) Producer, carnivore and decomposer
(c) Producer and primary consumer
(d) Producer, herbivore and carnivore

Ans. (a)

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The large carnivores or the tertiary consumers exist at which level of the food chain __
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

Ans. (d)

The ecosystem has two components
(a) Plants and animals
(b) Weeds and trees
(c) Biotic and abiotic
(d) Frog and men

Ans. (c)

In a food chain, which of the following produces the most significant amount
(a) Producers
(b) Decomposers
(c) Tertiary consumers
(d) Primary consumers

Ans. (a)

The second-order consumer in a food chain is
(a) Cattle
(b) Deer
(c) Tiger
(d) Goat

Ans. (c)

In a food chain, the lion is a
(a) Secondary consumer
(b) Primary consumer
(c) Tertiary consumer
(d) Secondary producer

Ans. (c)

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The food chain in which microbes split energy-rich compounds of the producer community is
(a) Parasitic food chain
(b) Detritus food chain
(c) Predators food chain
(d) Producer food chain

Ans. (b)

We refer to the following as the food chain
(a) Large number of animals near a source of food
(b) Transfer of food energy from the green plants through a series of consumer organisms
(c) Large number of human beings forming a human chain near a source of food

Ans. (b)

Which is the correct sequence in the food chain in a grassland?
(a) Grass > wolf > deer > buffalo
(b) Bacteria > grass > rabbit > wolf
(c) Grass > insect > birds > snakes
(d) Grass > snake > insect > deer

Ans. (c)

The first link in any food chain is a green plant because
(a) Green plants can synthesize food
(b) They can eat everything
(c) Fixed at one place

Ans. (a)

Which group of living organisms given below is a link in the food chain between green plants and hawks?
(a) Grasshopper, frog and snake
(b) Grasshopper, rat and snake
(c) Millipedes, centipedes and sparrows
(d) Earthworm, hen and rat

Ans. (a)

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When does food energy pass from herbivores to carnivores?
(a) Some energy is increased
(b) Some energy is decreased
(c) Remain unchanged
(d) Not relevant

Ans. (b)

Carnivores are
(a) Usually primary consumers
(b) Usually secondary consumers
(c) Usually secondary or tertiary consumers
(d) Usually decomposers rather than consumers

Ans. (c)

The number of primary producers within a specified area would be the maximum in
(a) Pond ecosystem
(b) Grassland
(c) Desert
(d) Forest ecosystem

Ans. (a)

Herbivores are called
(a) Primary consumers
(b) Secondary producers
(c) Key industry animals
(d) All the above

Ans. (d)

The detritus food chain starts from
(a) Dead organic matter
(b) Green plants
(c) Zooplanktons

Ans. (a)

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Generally, the food chain has how many trophic levels
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three or Four
(d) Three

Ans. (c)

Snake generally belongs to
(a) Saprophytes
(b) Primary consumer
(c) Second trophic level
(d) None of these

Ans. (d)

Regarding the ecological food chain, man is a
(a) Producer
(b) Consumer
(c) Both producer and consumer
(d) Producer and decomposer

Ans. (b)

If the plant producer dies in the ecosystem, then the system is
(a) Seriously affected
(b) Cannot produce food
(c) Can have more producers
(d) Hardly affected

Ans. (b)

Which must be preserved in an ecosystem if the system is to be maintained?
(a) Producers and carnivores
(b) Producers and decomposers
(c) Carnivores and decomposers
(d) Herbivores and carnivores

Ans. (b)

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When a peacock eats snakes, which eat insects thriving on green plants, the peacock is
(a) A primary consumer
(b) A primary decomposer
(c) Final decomposer
(d) The apex of the food pyramid

Ans. (d)

The 10% energy transfer law in the food chain was first given by
(a) Lindemann
(b) Tansley
(c) Elton
(d) Odum

Ans. (a)

Which part of the potato is eaten
(a) Stem
(b) Root
(c) Leaf
(d) Flower

Ans. (a)

The acid present in ‘vinegar’ is
(a) Formic acid
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Sulphuric acid
(d) Nitric acid

Ans. (b)

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The complex network of interconnected food chains is called
(a) Trophic level
(b) Food web
(c) Ecological pyramid

Answer. (b)

The Primary Consumers are also called as
(a) Herbivores
(b) Carnivores
(c) Enzymes

Answer. (a)

Each organism in an ecosystem is at a specific feeding stage called the
(a) Climax level
(b) Producer level
(c) Trophic level

Answer. (c)

The animal which consumes decaying organic matter is
(a) Carnivore
(b) Detrvore
(c) Herbivore

Answer. (b)

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