Food Chains and Food Webs 5.9B

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?

• The squirrel
• The shrew
• The deer
• The rabbit

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 
• They may eat more than one other organism. 
• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
• They have no resources available to them.

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All living things need _______ to stay alive.

• producers

• consumers

• energy

• prey

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A ______________ is an animal that hunts other animals for food.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

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A ____________ is a living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

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An example of decomposers would be ....

• bacteria, mushrooms, and earthworms

• frogs, algae, and shark

• shrimp, crayfish, mushrooms

• mushrooms, earthworms, and shrimp

Which of the following would be an example of a prey and predator relationship?

• bee and a flower

• corn and a pig

• rabbit and a fox

• berry bush and a deer