Food Chains

Food Chains

Open Ended

When you hear the word "food chain", what do you think of?

Open Ended

What do you think a food chain and a food web might have in common or the same?

Open Ended

Where do you think energy would come from to keep an ecosystem alive?

Multiple Choice

Which picture would be first to show the flow of energy through the food chain.

• Snake

• Sun

• Carrot

• Rabbit

Multiple Choice

Why is the insect a consumer?

• It is eaten by a mouse.

• It can make its own food.

• It eats the plant.

Multiple Choice

Why is the insect a consumer?

• It is eaten by a mouse.

• It can make its own food.

• It eats the plant.

Multiple Choice

Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Snake

• Hawk

Multiple Choice

In the food chain pictured, the source of energy for the water plant is ______.

• Sun

• Water Plant

• Mayfly

• Trout

Multiple Choice

In the food chain pictured, the source of energy for the water plant is ______.

• Sun

• Water Plant

• Mayfly

• Trout

Multiple Choice

What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

Multiple Choice

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

Multiple Choice

An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

Multiple Choice

Producers are ...

• plants

• able to do photosynthesis

• also called autotrophs

• all of these are true

Multiple Choice

Arrows in a food web represent...

• eating

• sunlight

• energy

• matter

Multiple Choice

Arrows in a food web represent...

• eating

• sunlight

• energy

• matter

Multiple Choice

In this energy pyramid, what is the proper name for ANY ORGANISM ABOVE THE PRODUCER LEVEL?

• decomposers
• consumers
• producers
• omnivores

Multiple Choice

What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things

• Sugar
• Sun
• Moon
• Carbon Dioxide

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

Multiple Choice

True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

This graphic diagrams a _______________________.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Food Pyramid

• Food Buffet

Multiple Choice

The smallest part of the ecosystem is always the ____________.

• Primary Producers
• Secondary Consumers
• Primary Consumers
• Tertiary Consumers

Multiple Choice

The largest part of an ecosystem is always the ________________.

• Primary Consumers
• Primary Producers
• Quarternary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers

Multiple Choice

Which of the animals in this food web is a secondary consumer?

• Hawk
• Lizard
• Mouse
• Snake

Multiple Choice

The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.

• Frog
• Eagle
• Grasshopper
• Python

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows an example of what kind of organism

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows an example of what kind of organism

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Herbivore