Food Chains Mini-Lesson

Food Chains & Food Webs

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Multiple Choice

Organism that eats other things for food

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• prey

Multiple Choice

Organism that makes its own food

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

Multiple Choice

Consumer that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

• fungivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Multiple Choice

Consumer that eats only other animals

• omnivore

• frugivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Multiple Choice

Consumer that eats only plants

• omnivore

• insectivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Multiple Choice

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

Multiple Choice

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Plants

Multiple Choice

Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another

• food cycle

• food network

• food chain

• food system

Multiple Choice

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

• How carnivores get their food.

Multiple Choice

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Multiple Choice

If a disease strikes the snakes the hawks will

• increase

• decrease

• not be affected

Multiple Choice

If a disease strikes the snakes the rabbits will

• increase

• decrease

• not be affected

Multiple Choice

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water

• Sun

• Consumers

• Oxygen

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

Anything that helps an animal survive in its environment.

• counter-shading

• mimicry

• adaptation

• camouflage

Multiple Choice

What adaptation makes the most sense for living in a cold snowy area?

• gills

• colorful wings

• white fur

• striped skin