Quick Quiz -- Food Chains and Food Webs

A producer...

• eats other organisms

• makes its own food

• breaks down dead organisms

• eats mostly plants

Answer explanation

Producers are plants! They make their own food! Think about photosynthesis.

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Which of the following is about DECOMPOSERS? (Choose 3 options)

• breaks down dead plants and animals

• makes its own food

• puts nutrients back into the soil

• worms and bacteria are two types

Answer explanation

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals, put nutrients back in the soil, and worms and bacteria are types of decomposers!

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Predator is...

• animal that HUNTS

• animal that is HUNTED

Answer explanation

Predators hunt other animals!

Prey is...

• animal that HUNTS

• animal that is HUNTED

Answer explanation

Prey is hunted by other animals!

A carnivore is...

• an animal that only eats PLANTS

• an animal that only eats MEAT

• an animal that eats BOTH plants and meat

Answer explanation

Carnivores only eat MEAT!

A herbivore is...

• an animal that only eats PLANTS

• an animal that only eats MEAT

• an animal that eats BOTH plants and meat

Answer explanation

Herbivores only eat PLANTS!

An omnivore is...

• an animal that only eats PLANTS

• an animal that only eats MEAT

• an animal that eats BOTH plants and meat

Answer explanation

Omnivores eat PLANTS and MEAT!

Looking at the food web, what would happen to the ecosystem if frogs disappeared? What would happen to the organism frogs eat? What would happen to the organisms that eat frogs?

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