Food Webs/Owl Pellets

The process of energy being captured by plants from the sun and then transferred from one organism to the next in the food chain is called?

• food flow

• energy flow

• nutrient flow

• water flow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What do we call organisms that eat other living things in order to get energy?

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• processors

Organisms that get energy by eating only other animals are called?

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producers

____________ get energy by eating dead matter, like dead plants and animals.

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

____________ are organisms, such as plants, that make their own food.

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

____________ get energy by eating only plants.

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Consumers

• Producers

An animal that eats both plants and other animals is a(an)______________.

• producer

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals into nutrients that are added back into the soil. What organisms then use those important nutrients to grow healthy and strong?

• plants

• hawks

• humans

• bears

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

______________found in plants can be passed along from animal to animal through a food chain.

• Water

• Energy

• Soil

• Roots

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All food chains begin with energy received from the _____________.

• rain

• moon

• sun

• soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6