Food chains

Food Chains

What are plants and animals that get their energy from eating other things?

• Producers

• Consumers

• decomposers

• herbivores

An elephant eats only plants. Which type of consumer is an elephant?

• An herbivore

• A carnivore

• A producer

• A decomposer

In a food web, which of these is a producer?

• humans

• lizards

• spiders

• grass

What is the role of a decomposer in a food web?

• It breaks down dead plants and animals and turns them into minerals.

• It produces its own food and provides other organisms with food.

• It eats plants

• It eats animals

In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?

• The snakes will increase. More snakes

• The grasshoppers will decrease. Less grasshoppers

• The eagles will remain the same.

• The grasshoppers will increase. More grasshoppers

What is the original source of most food energy?

• Water

• The Sun

• Animals

• The soil

Which of these shows the correct energy flow in a food chain?

• consumer > decomposer > producer

• producer -> consumer -> decomposer

• producer -> decomposer -> consumer

• decomposer -> producer -> consumer

Which of these resources do producers need to begin a food chain?

• minerals

• oxygen

• sunlight

• grasses

Which of the following would be at the end of a food chain?

• Coyote

• Fungi

• Grass

• Sheep

What is one way that decomposers are helpful?

• They eat living things.

• Decomposers eat all of the trash.

• They are the main source of energy in the food chain.

• They release nutrients from dead organisms into soil.