Food Chains Quiz

Which organism is most directly dependent on the Sun for survival?

• carnivores

• herbivores

• producers

• consumers

What do the direction of the arrows in the food chain show?

• The way organisms move

• The way predators move

• The flow of energy

• The flow of prey

When you eat a fruit salad you become part of the food chain. What is the original source of energy for this food chain?

• apples

• bananas

• plants

• the Sun

The small fish gets its energy directly from the ______.

• large fish

• Sun

• river water

• plants

The small fish on the food chain above gives its energy to ___.

• the water it lives in

• the Sun

• the large fish

• the plants

When you eat a pizza, you become part of a food chain. The original source of energy in this food chain is from ____.

• cheese

• wheat made into flour

• tomatoes

• the Sun

If there are no producers in a food chain what will happen?

• Energy cannot enter the food chain.

• Carnivores will have a larger food supply.

• Herbivores will be the only survivors.

• Only the consumers will survive.

Which organism would be affected first if all the mice were removed from this food chain?

• snake

• Sun

• eagle

• plant seesd

This food chain is from a desert. What would happen if the jack rabbits were removed?

• The plant population would decrease.

• The coyotes would thrive.

• The plant population would increase.

• The plant will give its energy to the coyote.

Which organism in this food chain is the producer?

• the Sun

• the cactus

• the Jack Rabbit

• the coyote