Food Web STEMscopedia Review

All the food energy that passes between organisms comes from _________ .

• plants

• producers

• the sun

• plants and animals

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The arrows in a food chain (or web) show how ___________ is passed from one organism to the other.

• food

• organisms

• waste

• energy

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When many different food chains occur in an environment, they cross each other in several places. This intersection of food chains creates a ____________

• food chain

• food web

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_________________ are organisms that get their energy directly from the Sun

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Carnivores

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Producers combine _________________ from the air with water and sunlight to produce oxygen and sugar.

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

• food

• energy

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Producers are very important to life on Earth. Without them, other organisms would not survive.

• True

• False

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As a _______________ , it has to consume, or eat, other organisms for energy.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposter

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____________ are a special group of consumers. Mushrooms, other fungi, and bacteria are examples.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Decomposers eat only dead organisms. They break down the nutrients in the dead organisms and return them to the food web.

• True

• False

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The energy flows in one direction from one organism to another. Sometimes it can flow backward.

• True

• False

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