Food Webs and Food Chains Worksheet

1 Look at this food chain.

lettuce greenfly ladybird thrush Descompo

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a. Name the first level in the food chain and they are: _____

b. Name the third trophic level in the food chain. _______________ and thet are: _________________

c. Name the tertiary consumer in the food chain. _________________

d. Name the second level in the food chain ___________________ and they are:_________________

e. Name the fourth level in the food chain._______________ (responsible for recycling organic matter).

2. Look at this food web. Then answer the questions.

fox perch
heron

frog
small fish

slug newt

diving
beetle
water fleas
insect
tiny water
land plants plants
a. Name two producers in the food web._________
b. Name three consumers in the food web.
c. Write a food chain from this food web with four trophic levels.
d. Name the animals that the small fish eats.
e. Name the animals that eat the small fish.
3. read and complete:
a. The first level in the food chain are the:______________
b. The second level are the primary consumers, the are:_______________
c. The third level are the secondary consumers, the are:_______________
d. The fourth level are the ______________ responsible for recycling organic matter.

4. read and complete:

a. Chemoreceptors detect the presence of ______________.
b. Thermoreceptors detect changes in _________________.
c. Mechanoreceptors detect _________________________.
d. Photoreceptors detect ____________________________.

5. Read and circle the correct answer:

The automatic nervous system belongs to
a. peripheral nervous system. B. central nervous system

6. identifica.

7. look at the picture and write the system that intervenes: symplathetic or parasympathetic.
8. Differences between sympathetic system and parasympathetic.

Parasympathetic Sympathetic

9. Complete.

Nervius System

Central Nervius
System _______________

Automatic Nervious
___________ _____________ System

___________ __________

10. Neurons are cells that have been adapted to carry nerve impulses. Nerve impulses can be thought of as
being similar to an electric current. A typical neuron has a cell body containing a nucleus, one or more
branching filaments called dendrites which conduct nerve impulses towards the cell body and one long fibre,
an axon, that carries the impulses away from it. identify these parts in the drawing.
11 consists of the nerves that connect to the brain and spinal cord

a. The automatic nervious system

b. The peripheral nervious system.
c. The central nervious system
d. The brain

12. Consists of the brain and spinal cord. It acts as a kind of ‘telephone exchange’ where a vast number of
cross connections are made.
a. The automatic nervious system
b. The peripheral nervious system.
c. The central nervious system
d. The brain

13. The nerves of the autonomic nervous system originate in the spinal cord and pass out
between the vertebrae to serve the various organs .There are two main parts to the
autonomic nervous system.
a. The sympathetic system and the parasympathetic system.
b. The brain and spinal cord.
c. The SNP and SNC
d. None of the above.
14. The ________________________________stimulates the “flight, fright, fight” response that
allows an animal to face up to an attacker or make a rapid departure.

15. The ____________________________does the opposite to the sympathetic system. It

maintains the normal functions of the relaxed body.

16. Ecosystem can be small as a fond or big as the ocean. Acocording to the physical
environmentecosystems can be:
a. Food Chain
b. Food Web
c. Terrestrials and Aquatic
d. Biotic and abiotic.
17. Look at the pictures below and write the type of ecosystem.

_______________ ________________________
18. Look at the pictures below and write the type of ecosystem in the Food Chain.

19. Look at the pictures below and write the type of receptors.

20. elabora un mapa mental sobre las funciones del Sistema nervioso.