Types of Consumers

Q.

Match the organisms below to the appropriate consumer type.

A. Cow	i. Secondary consumer
B. Hyena	ii. Tertiary consumer
C. Cheetah	iii. Primary consumer

1. A-iii, B-i, C-ii
2. A-i, B-iii, C-ii
3. A-ii, B-iii, C-i
4. A-i, B-ii, C-iii

Q. Green plants prepare their own food, so they are called producers.

1. June 2011

2. July 2012

Q.

Which of the following organism is an omnivore?

1. Cow

2. Goat

3. Human

4. Deer

Q.

Which of the following are possible consumers of the rabbit?

1. Snake

2. Hawk

3. Deer

4. Fox

Q.

Which of the following organisms depend directly or indirectly on plants for their food?

1. Herbivores

2. Carnivores

3. Omnivores

4. All of the above

Q. Which of the following animals' food habits resemble the most with humans?

1. Lion
2. Cow
3. Tapeworm
4. Bear

Q. Deer, rabbit and grasshoppers are____.

1. Producers

2. Herbivores

3. Carnivores

4. Decomposers

Q. In an ecosystem, those carnivores which generally do not get preyed upon by predators are known as “top carnivores”.

1. True
2. False

Q.

The diet of a herbivore includes

1. Grasses

2. Leaves

3. Twigs

4. All of these

Q. The dead remains of plants and animals are the major source of energy for___.

1. Decomposers
2. Tertiary consumers
3. Saprotrophs
4. Autotrophs