Name: ……………………………………………………………………………..

1 Look at the food web from a wetland habitat.

gull

otter

terrapin

minnow
crab

shrimp periwinkle

grass

(a) Write down one food chain from this food web that includes the minnow.

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(b) Write down the name of one carnivore from this food web.

[1]

(c) Write down the name of one living thing in this food web that gains
energy from the terrapin.
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2. Anastasia finds pictures of some animals.

shrimp
octopus

snail
starfish scallop

Not drawn to scale

(a) Anastasia uses the pictures to make a

key. Complete the key.

One animal has been done for you.

Does the animal have a shell?

yes no

Is the animal inside two shells? Is the animal star shaped?

yes no yes no

....................... ....................... starfish

Does the animal have 8 arms?

yes no

............................ ............................
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(b) The snail is a herbivore in a food web.

A producer starts the food web.

Complete the sentence.

The source of energy for the producer in the food web is the .

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(c) A toxic substance is found in the soil.

Describe how the toxic substance moves from the soil into the body of a snail
in the food web.

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3. Look at this food web for a field of

grass. hawk
fox

thrush vole

slug rabbit
grasshopper

grass

(b) Write down the names of all the predators in this food web.

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(c) What is the energy source for this food web?

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(d) Describe how energy is transferred through this food web.

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(d) Write down one food chain from this food web that contains the fox.

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(e) A farmer sprays a toxic substance on the field to kill the grasshoppers.

Some of the voles in the field also die.

Explain why.

[1]

4. The diagram shows a food web.

lion
jackal

goat

kite
wild cat

rabbit

grass
(a) Which animals in the food web eat the mouse?

[1]

(b) Which animals get their energy directly from the grass?

[1]

(c) This food web includes many food chains.

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(d) Rabbits eat grass that has been sprayed with a poisonous

chemical. Explain how this poisonous chemical reaches the body of the

lion.

[1]
5. The diagram shows part of a food web.

kingfisher

fish
toad

tadpole water beetle snail

plants

(b) Which animal is the last carnivore in the food web?

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(c) Which animals are eaten by the toad?

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(d) This food web has different food chains.

Complete the food chain that includes the tadpole.

→ → →
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(e) The energy source for this food web is the Sun.

Describe how this energy is transferred to the tadpole.

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6. Priya and Rajiv find this food web on the

internet. buzzard

dragonfly snake

frog
ladybird
mouse
butterfly
greenfly

fruit berries

(a) What do the arrows in the food web represent?

[1]

(b) Write down a food chain from the food web that has only four organisms.

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(c) A farmer sprays the fruit berries with a toxic substance to kill the greenfly that
are eating the fruit berries.

Explain why some of the toxic substance kills the buzzard.

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