Food webs and food chains practice

The diagram shows a food chain.

The squirrel gets its energy directly from -

• sun

• trees

• other squirrels

• hawk

In this food chain, where does the lizard get its energy from?

• plant

• grasshopper

• mushrooms

• sun

What is a part of the food chain that makes its own food and nutrients?

• consumer

• producer

• omnivore

• sun

An animal that eats only plants is called a -

• carnivore

• omnivore

• insectivore

• herbivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a -

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

_________ cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.

• consumers
• producers
• decomposers

The  ____________ provides all the initial energy to plants.

• sun
• moon
• environment
• water

____ make their own food through photosynthesis. 

• consumer
• decomposer
• producer

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf