Food Chains and 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

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other ANIMALS
• An animal that gets energy by eating only PLANTS
• an animal that gets energy by eating BOTH plants and animals

An animal that gets energy from eating BOTH plants and animals is a 

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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This is an example of a

• food chain
• water cycle
• food cycle
• food web

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This is an image of a _________.

• consumer
• scavenger
• decomposer
• producer

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Organism that eats other organisms to get energy

• Producer
• Consumer
• Plant
• Food chain

All living things need _______ to stay alive.

• producers

• consumers

• energy

• prey

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All food chains start with energy from the ______.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• Sun

How do consumers gain energy?

• from Sunlight

• by eating producers and other consumers

• by go to the store and buying food

• by making their own food

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