Food Webs and Chains

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

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

_______are animals that eat only plants.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

a _______ shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from organism to organism. 

• ecosystem
• food chain

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What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Organisms

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

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What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

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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 things

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What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food 
• Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
• Break down dead stuff
• Add nutrients to the soil

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