Food Chain Review

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A food chain is a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is a producer?

Back

A producer is an organism that creates its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Front

What is a decomposer?

Back

A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Which of the following is a producer: grass, dog, or mold?

Back

Grass is a producer.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Which of the following is a consumer: grass, dog, or mold?

Back

Dog is a consumer.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

What role do decomposers play in the food chain?

Back

Decomposers recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem by breaking down dead organisms.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Back

A food chain shows a single pathway of energy flow, while a food web shows multiple interconnected food chains.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Can you name a decomposer?

Back

Mold is an example of a decomposer.

Front

What do we call organisms that eat both plants and animals?

Back

They are called omnivores.