Food Chains & Food 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, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

Which of these is an organism that does not depend on another living thing for food?

• the Sun

• an insect

• a plant

• an animal

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

• a rock

• a fox

• a plant

• an egg

What does the arrow point to in a food chain?

• only the plants in a food chain

• only the animals in a food chain

• the organism that gets the energy

• the organism that lives the longest

What is a food chain?

• a diagram with animals only

• stages an organism goes through as it grows

• the place where an organism lives

• the path of energy in an environment

Which organism is getting energy from the mouse?

• cricket

• grass

• fox

• Sun

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

• Sun → grass → fly → frog

• frog → fly → grass → Sun

• Sun ← grass ← fly ← frog

• Sun → fly → frog → snake

Which of the following best describes the deer's role in the ecosystem?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• decomposer

Which of the following best describes the wolf's role in this ecosystem?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• decomposer