Food Chains

Why is the insect a consumer?

• It is eaten by a mouse.
• It can make its own food.
• It eats the plant.

In the food chain pictured, the source of energy for the water plant is ______.

• Sun
• Water Plant
• Mayfly
• Trout

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In the food chain pictured, why is the plant a producer?

• The plant consumes the sun.
• The plant makes its own food.
• The plant is not a producer.

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Which of the following organisms is a producer?

• Sun
• Water Plant
• Mayfly 
• Trout

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Bacteria and fungi typically serve what role in an ecosystem?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

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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 this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

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Which of these is an organism that does not depend on another living thing for food?

• the Sun

• an insect

• a plant

• an animal

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Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

• a rock

• a fox

• a plant

• an egg

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