Food Chains/Food Webs

Which organism gets the most energy directly from the Sun?

• phytoplankton

• shrimp

• marlin

• shark

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In this food web, what would be classified as a consumer?

• Sun

• prairie grass

• plant seeds

• deer

In a model of a food web, decomposers--

• can get energy from any organisms.

• always come after consumers.

• are placed between producers and consumers.

• return energy back to the Sun.

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The food of almost any type of organism can be traced to--

• the Sun.

• the ocean.

• bacteria.

• plants

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Which of the following best explains the primary role of decomposers in ecosystems?

• They provide an important source of food for many animals.

• They break down dead organisms and recycle materials.

• They change matter that is not food into matter that is food.

• They extract water from soil and release it into the atmosphere.

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Cows are typically this type of consumer, meaning they only eat plants.

• carnivores

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

Animals who cannot make their own food are called what in the food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

What is the cordgrass in this ecosystem?

• a consumer because it eats sunlight.

• a producer because it makes its own food.

• a decomposer because it gives energy to grass shrimp.

• a consumer and a producer, since it gets and gives energy.

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Which organism in the food web would be classified as a producer?

• deer

• squirrel

• plant seeds

• field mouse

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A series of plants and animals in which each organism is a source of food for the next is known as a--

• producer

• omnivore

• food chain

• flow of energy

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