Week 6 - Feeding relationships and Food Chains

What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.
• The number of primary consumers would increase.
• The number of plants would increase.
• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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Which is an example of a producer?

• A Human
• A Spider
• A Tree 
• A Caterpillar 

What do Omnivores eat?

• Meat
• Plants 
• Meat and plants 
• Only meat 

An animal that eats plants rather than other animals is called:

• Meat Eater
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

If an animal becomes extinct, which part of the food chain is affected? 

• The whole food chain is affected
• Only animals at the top of the food chain are affected 
• Only animals at the bottom of the food chain are affected 

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A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:

• Decomposers
• Consumers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores

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How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?

• They break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients back into the soil
• They use the sun to make food 
• Decomposers only break down dead plants 
• They do not help other organisms in an ecosystem

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An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain is called:

• Habitat
• Population
• Food Chain
• Food Web

Plants that get their food from the sun's energy and act as source of food for other organisms in an ecosystem is called:

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Herbivore