Unit 7 Review

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• The flow of energy through a given ecosystem

• What animals eat

• Food flowing through an ecosystem

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Consumers

• Scavengers

• Producers

• Decomposers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Consumers

• Scavengers

• Producers

• Decomposers

What are the organisms that break down dead plants and animals called?

• Consumers

• Scavengers

• Producers

• Decomposers

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Snake

• Grasshopper

• Frog

• Sun

What is the role of a producer?

• Breaking down dead organisms

• Uses energy from the sun to make its own food

• Controls the population of an organism

• Gains energy by consuming other organisms

What is a consumer in a food chain?

• An organism that cannot make its own food and consumes other organisms to gain energy

• An organism that adds nutrients to the soil

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

• An organism that breaks down dead matter

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• It makes food for the entire food chain

• It breaks down dead plants and animals and adds nutrients to the soil

• It uses sunlight to make its own food

• t eats other organisms to get energy

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

Which type of consumer eats other animals (meat) only?

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore