Food Chains and Food Webs

Which statement is TRUE about how living things get food?

• Producers eat consumers.

• Producers eat other producers.

• Consumers eat only other consumers.

• Producers make their own food.

Which type of organism eats mainly animals?

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?

• decomposers

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

Where would a decomposer be in a food chain?

• at the beginning

• between a producer and a consumer

• between two consumers

• at the end

What does a food web show?

• the flow of food between animals

• the flow of energy through an ecosystem

• the flow of water through an ecosystem

• the flow of food between decomposers

Which group of living things makes up the bottom level of an energy pyramid?

• consumers

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producers

Which best describes algae?

• producers in a pond ecosystem

• consumers in an ocean ecosystem

• prey in a forest ecosystem

• predators in a salt marsh ecosystem

Which organisms make their own food through the process of photosynthesis?

• decomposers

• consumers

• herbivores

• producers

Which organisms in the food chain are carnivores?

• grasshoppers and frogs

• raccoons and bacteria

• bacteria only

• frogs and raccoons

Which statement describes a relationship between a consumer and a producer?

• A chipmunk eats wild berries.

• A fox eats a chipmunk.

• A large fish eats a small fish.

• A fungus breaks down a dead tree.