Food Webs and Food Chains

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Organisms

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 

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Scavengers

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores

Which organism is the apex (top) predator in this ecosystem?

• algae/seaweed
• sea lion
• killer whale
• penguin