Food Chains

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead stuff 

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Scavengers

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Plants

Which of the following is a list of producers?

• Maple tree, sunflower, grass

• Sunfish, apple tree, ferns

• moss, bunny, water

• tulips, Bears, snakes

Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers
• food chains

An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain is called:

• Habitat
• Population
• Food Chain
• Food Web

How many carnivores are shown in this food web?

• 6
• 4
• 5
• 3