Food Chains, Food Webs and Tropic Levels

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

• predator
• prey
• population

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(an) _____________.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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Which of the following is NOT a consumer?

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

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The shrew provides energy for the _______.

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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