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    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

    SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME


    GRADE 10
    BIOLOGY
    Week 4 Lesson 1 - Worksheet 1
    Questions 1 & 2 refers to the food chain given below

    1. Which statement concerning an organism in the food chain above is correct?


    A. Grass is a heterotrophic organism
    B. The grasshopper is a tertiary consumer
    C. The shrew obtains its energy from the owl
    D. The grasshopper obtains its energy from the grass
    2. The grasshopper is considered as a/an
    A. producer
    B. tertiary consumer
    C. herbivore
    D. autotroph
    3. One season, there was a shortage of producers in a food web. As a result, the number of
    deer and wolves decreased. The reason that both the deer and wolf populations declined
    is that
    A. producers are not as important as consumers in a food web
    B. more consumers than producers are needed to support the food web
    C. organisms in this food web are interdependent
    D. populations tend to stay constant in a food web
    4. Which factor would have the greatest effect on the flow of energy into an ecosystem?
    A. A large decrease in the amount of sunlight available
    B. A large increase in the number of carnivores
    C. A small increase in the number of decomposers
    D. A small decrease in the amount of minerals available
    5. Decomposers are important in the environment because they
    A. convert large molecules into simpler molecules that can then be recycled
    B. release heat from large molecules so that the heat can be recycled through the
    ecosystem
    C. can take in carbon dioxide and convert it into oxygen
    D. convert molecules of dead organisms into permanent biotic parts of an ecosystem
    6. What is the purpose of a food chain?
    A. it shows what organisms eat which foods
    B. it shows the importance of the Sun's energy
    C. it depicts the predator/prey relationships between organisms
    D. it shows the transfer of energy between trophic levels
    7. In an ecosystem, how are food webs and food chains different?
    A. Food webs begin with animals, and food chains begin with plants.
    B. Food webs rarely begin with plants, and food chains begin with animals.
    C. Food webs show the relationship between many different food chains in a single
    ecosystem.
    D. Food chains show the relationship between many different food webs in a single
    ecosystem.
    8. Which list shows a possible order in which energy moves through an ecosystem?
    A. herbivore, carnivore, Sun, producer, decomposer
    B. Sun, producer, herbivore, carnivore, decomposer
    C. Sun, producer, predator, consumer, decomposer
    D. producer, Sun, carnivore, herbivore, decomposer
    9. A type of consumer that eats a primary consumer is called a .............................
    A. producer
    B. herbivore
    C. secondary consumer
    D. tertiary consumer
    10. Which of the following is made up of only consumers?
    A. bird, mango, dog
    B. squirrel, rabbit, grass
    C. mice, caterpillar, grasshopper
    D. peanuts, mice, butterfly

    State whether the following statement is True or False

    1. Organisms in the soil are an example of abiotic factors.


    2. The amount of light available in an ecosystem affects the types and amount of plant life
    that will grow there
    3. Plants use energy to make sugars through photosynthesis.
    4. An ecosystem is composed of only biotic factors
    5. In a species, the organisms’ offspring must be able to breed.
    6. The same niche in a habitat may be occupied by more than one species
    7. A food chain/ web always begins with a primary consumer.
    8. Secondary and tertiary consumers are carnivores
    9. Both consumers and producers are sources of food for carnivores.
    10. In an energy pyramid, the lowest level has more energy than at the top level.
    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
    SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
    GRADE 10
    BIOLOGY
    Week 4 Lesson 1
    Worksheet 1
    Topic/sub-topic: Ecology
    Answersheet
    1. D
    2. C
    3. C
    4. A
    5. A
    6. D
    7. C
    8. B
    9. C
    10. C
    True and False items
    1. False
    2. True
    3. True
    4. False
    5. True
    6. True
    7. False
    8. True
    9. False
    10. True

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