Food Chains and Webs

The relationship between ALL the organisms in a community showing who eats whom is called a ___________________________.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Plants

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Gain energy from eating other organisms

• Keep other species from overpopulating

• Breaking down dead stuff 

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Scavengers

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• producer

One path that energy could take through an ecosystem is called a ________________________.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors