Food Chains and Food Webs

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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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

• a rock

• a fox

• a plant

• an egg

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these best completes the food chain shown?

• a shark

• a tree

• a rock

• a bird

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

• Sun → grass → fly → frog

• frog → fly → grass → Sun

• Sun ← grass ← fly ← frog

• Sun → fly → frog → snake

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Which of the following best describes the deer's role in the ecosystem?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following best describes the wolf's role in this ecosystem?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• decomposer

Which of the following best describes the blue bird's (in the middle) role in this ecosystem?

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

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

• consumers
• producers
• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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