Microbes and Food Webs

1. Microbes are another name for

A) A fancy microphone
B) Microscopic Multi-celled organisms
C) Bacteria
D) The newest VW Bug

2. Bacteria are ONLY bad

A) False
B) True

3. Bacteria are classified as what in the food web?

A) Carnivores
B) Decomposers
C) Producers
D) Herbivores

4. Bacteria can be found

A) ONLY in sick and dying people
B) ONLY in decomposing organisms
C) in our bodies, the food we eat, and just about everywhere
D) in ONLY certain organisms

5. Bacteria are NOT used in the creation of medicines

A) True
B) False

6. A predator is

A) an animal that is hunted down and eaten by other animals
B) a great movie that had aliens in it
C) an animal that never becomes prey
D) an animal that hunts and eats other animals

7. Prey are

A) is another name for producers
B) the moments you have in church
C) animals that hunt down other animals and eat them
D) animals that get hunted down and eaten

8. An organism that eats ONLY plants is known as a

A) Carnivore
B) Omnivore
C) Scavenger
D) Herbivore

9. An organism that eats both plants and animals is an

A) Producer
B) Herbivore
C) Omnivore
D) Carnivore

10. An organsim that creates its own food is called

A) A Herbivore
B) A Producer
C) A Omnivore
D) A Carnivore

11. An animal that eats other animals is called

A) A Producer
B) A Herbivore
C) A Omnivore
D) A Canrivore

12. A Scavenger is an Omnivore

A) False
B) True

13. A food web is

A) a charting device that shows all the carnivores and nothing else
B) a combination of food chains linked together in an ecosystem that shows the energy transfer
C) a fancy name for a spider web
D) a combination of many food webs in multiple ecosystems all over the world

14. The Energy Pyramid shows

A) how the electric company charges your parents
B) only herbivores and where they get their food from
C) how the consumers get their energy from food
D) how producers and consumers get their energy and food sources