What are Food Chains and Webs?

When food chains connect, the pattern is called a ___________.

Which animals might eat acorns and berries?

• chipmunk

• owl

• mink

• mouse

Which animals might eat other animals?

• chipmunk

• owl

• mink

• zebra

True or False?: Food webs usually include very few plants and animals.

• True

• False

Which of the following would be part of an ecosystem?

• plants

• animals

• sand

• soil

Which is something that food provides that plants and animals NEED to build and repair their bodies?

• absorbs

• nutrients

• barbecue sauce

• savannas

What do animals use to grow, breathe, move, and do the things that allow them to survive?

• energy

• the sun

• electricity

• kerosene

True or False?: There are fewer living things at the top of a food web pyramid than at the bottom.

• True

• False

In which part of the globe would you find the arctic?

• north

• south

What is the ground under the tundra surface, that stays frozen all year round, called?

• long ice

• cold dirt

• permafrost

• forevefroze