Food Chains

Plants and animals are known as producers and consumers. This means that they make and use

something. What is it that plants produce (make) and animals consume (use)?

• food

• sunlight

• cells

• water

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All living things need energy. What is the main source of energy for living things in a food chain?

• Sunlight

• Soil

• Air

• Plants

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The diagram shows the flow of energy in a food chain.

(Sun → grass → grasshopper →frog → snake → owl)

Which organism in the food chain would receive the least amount of energy from the sun?

• Snake

• Owl

• Grass

• Frog

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The picture shows a food chain. What part of the food chain is missing? (sun → ___ → grasshopper → snake → owl)

• Carnivore

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Consumer

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What is the name for a plant eater?

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

What is the name for a meat eater?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Omnivore

True or false, a plant is a consumer in a food chain.

• True

• False

In a food chain a mouse is which one of these?

• Consumer

• Producer

Which list shows a correct food chain to show the flow of energy in a marsh habitat?

• heron, fish, sun, grass, water bugs

• water bugs, sun, grass, fish, heron

• fish, water bugs, sun, grass, heron

• sun, grass, water bugs, fish, heron

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About how much of the energy consumed by an organism passes on to the next link in the food chain?

• 100%

• 50%

• 10%

• None

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