Food Chain & Food Web

Draw

Draw an example of a food chain.

Multiple Choice

What is the role of grass in the food chain?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

Open Ended

In this case, the Snake is a predator or a Prey?

Multiple Choice

Explain the flow of energy in this food chain (who passes energy to who).

• The hawk gives energy to the snake. The snake gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper who gives energy to the grass.

• The mouse gives energy to the hawk. The snake gives energy to the grasshopper. The grass gives energy to the snake.

• The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the snake who gives energy to the hawk.

Reorder

Put this food chain in the correct order

• Grass

• Rabbit

• Snake

• Hawk

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Draw

Construct a food web using all of the following organisms: beetle, fox, frog, grass, grasshopper, hawk, mouse, mushroom, snake

Multiple Choice

What trophic level would you consider the deer to be in this food web?

• Primary consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producers

Reorder

Put in order from MOST to LEAST amount of energy.

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

• Apex predator

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Multiple Select

Click on the imgae to make it larger-- Choose the herbivores in the food web....

• hawk

• mouse

• rabbit

• snake

Open Ended

If the population of a species declines dramatically, how might this affect the other species that depend upon it?

Open Ended

A food web is shown. Identify and explain ONE effect that the removal of mice would have on the food web. Review the food web carefully. Then enter your answer and your explanation in the box provided.

Open Ended

What might happen if there were no producers?

Multiple Choice

What would happen if the producers were removed from the food web?

• The food web would thrive

• The food web would collapse

• Only herbivores would survive

• Predators would become extinct

Multiple Choice

What would happen if primary consumers were removed from the food web?

• The food web would remain unchanged

• Predators would have less food

• Plants would grow uncontrollably

• Secondary consumers would thrive

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident