Food Chains

Sunlight - Grass - Ant- Lizard - Snake

Which of the following is a producer in the food chain shown above?

• snake

• grass

• sunlight

• lizard

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An example of a omnivore is a raccoon. What does an omnivore eat?

• Only animals

• Only plants

• Both plants and animals

Producers usually depend on _______ for food.

• plants

• the Sun

• animals

• decomposers

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The diagram below shows a food chain for a marine ecosystem.

Which of the following organisms best completes boxes X and Y to show how energy flows through this food chain?

• X is a shark; Y is seaweed

• X is seaweed; Y is water

• X is a catfish; Y is seaweed

• X is seaweed; Y is a crab

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An example of a carnivore is a tiger. What does a carnivore eat?

• Other animals

• plants only

• Both plants and animals

The diagram below shows a food chain for a desert ecosystem.

Which of the following organisms best completes boxes X and Y to show how energy flows through this food chain?

• X is a beetle; Y is a cactus

• X is a cactus; Y is grass

• X is a cactus; Y is a mouse

• X is an ant; Y is a cactus

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A food chain is shown below.

Which of the following is true about the organisms in this food chain?

• Plants get energy directly from birds.

• Caterpillars get energy directly from plants.

• Caterpillars get energy directly from birds.

• Birds get energy directly from raccoons.

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Which of the following organisms best completes boxes X and Y to show how energy flows through this food chain?

• X is an arctic hare; Y is the Sun

• X is the Sun; Y is an arctic hare

• X is an arctic hare; Y is a reindeer

• X is grass; Y is an arctic hare

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What do the arrows do in the food chain picture show?

• They always point to the producers.

• They always point to the smallest animals.

• They point to the animal that tastes the best.

• They point in the direction that energy is flowing.

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Which of the following is true about this food chain?

• The trees that the acorns come from are producers.

• The trees that the acorns come from are consumers.

• The squirrel and the snake are both producers.

• None of the organisms in this food chain are producers.

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