Food Chains and Webs

Green plants are producers that begin the flow of energy between organisms in a food web when they–

• reproduce by generating seeds.

• absorb water and nutrients from soil.

• release oxygen into the atmosphere.

• make their own food using sunlight.

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Mold, fungi, and some types of bacteria are classified as decomposers. What is the role of a decomposer in a food web?

• To break down organic wastes and dead organisms

• To use sunlight and water to produce their own food

• To release oxygen into the atmosphere for respiration

• To provide the energy animals need for food

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The diagram shows a pond food web. What two organisms get their energy directly from insect larvae?

• Algae and minnows

• Sunfish and bass

• Minnows and sunfish

• Snails and snapper turtles

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The diagram shows a woodlands food chain. What is the role of the tree in the food chain?

• To make energy available directly to the hawk

• To use the sun’s energy to produce food

• To break down waste products left by squirrels

• To provide a place for the hawk to build its nest

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The prairie food web illustrated here has producers and consumers. In this food web, how many more consumers than producers are there?

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 9

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The ability to make things move

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Energy

• Food Web

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An organism that feeds on dead plants and animals and their waste

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Energy

• Food Web

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An organism that changes sunlight into a usable form

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Energy

• Food Web

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Interconnected food chains

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Energy

• Food Web

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An organism that feeds on producers

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Energy

• Food Web

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