Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

An animal that eats only other animals

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• sunlight

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for food chains that overlap

• consumer

• food web

• extinction

• producers

What type of organism is at the beginning of every food chain?

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does a food chain show?

• how producers use sunlight to make food energy

• how living things depend on each other for food

• where resources are found in a habitat

• why plant and animal matter break down

What role do plants play in a habitat?

• They produce food energy from sunlight.

• They break down dead matter.

• They are prey for predators.

• They recycle nutrients from dead matter.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How many primary consumers are there in this food web?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

• 10%
• 50%
• 90%
• 100%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3