Food Webs

Which of these is an example of a PRODUCER?

• snake

• worm

• human

• grass

When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?

• a decomposer

• an apex predator

• a producer

• prey

Which of the following gets it's energy directly from a producer/plant?

• Sun

• Plants

• Deer

• Snake

The diagram shows a prairie food web. In the food web shown, all of the following are consumers EXCEPT for the ________.

• Prairie Grass

• Mountain Lion

• Squirrel

• Robin

Decomposers like mushrooms get energy by ___________.

• producing their own food

• eating grass, fruit, and seeds

• breaking down dead organisms

• absorbing carbon dioxide from the air

In the diagram, what do the arrows represent?

• Life Cycle

• Metamorphosis

• How food is produced by organisms

• The flow of energy through an ecosystem

Green plants are producers that begin the flow of energy between organisms in a food web when they _____________.

• reproduce by generating seeds

• absorb water and nutrients through the soil

• release oxygen into the air

• make their own food using sunlight

The diagram shows a pond food web. What two organisms get their energy directly from insect larvae?

• algae and minnows

• sunfish and bass

• minnows and sunfish

• snails and snapping turtles

The diagram shows a woodlands food chain. What is the role of the TREE in the food chain?

Sun → Tree → Squirrel → Hawk

• make energy available directly to the Hawk

• To use Sun's energy to produce food/photosynthesis

• to break down waste left by squirrels

• to provide a place for the hawk to build it's nest

The diagram shows an incomplete food chain. Which of the following would best complete this food chain?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Animal