Food Chain and Food Web Quizizz

What does the arrow represent in a food chain/web?

• which animal is hunting the other

• the transfer of energy

• which organism is the prey

• the circle of life

Answer explanation

The arrows in a food chain/web represent the transfer of energy

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Which way should the arrow between the grass and the rabbit point?

• toward the rabbit

• toward the grass

• toward both the rabbit and the grass

• upward, which is neither toward the grass nor the rabbit

Answer explanation

The energy is transferred from the grass to the rabbit, so the arrow should start at the grass and point toward the rabbit (to the right here)

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Which food chain is positioned correctly?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Answer explanation

Producers belong at the bottom and apex predators at the top. The arrows point from what is being eaten to the organism doing the eating (the direction of the energy transfer).

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What is a food chain?

• A tool to visualize all the energy transfer in a community

• a single chain of energy transfer

• a tool to determine which organisms hunt the others

• the chain of command in a community of organisms

Answer explanation

A food chain shows a single pathway of energy transfer when some organisms consume others.

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What does autotroph mean?

• self + winning

• other + winning

• other + food

• self + food

Answer explanation

auto means self and troph means nourishment (food), so the best answer is self + food

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What is a consumer?

• an organism that must eat other organisms for energy

• Something that makes it own food

• a carnivore

• An organism that takes in energy from the sun

Answer explanation

A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms for energy

In a deep sea food web, where does energy come from?

• The sun

• Giant tubeworms

• Chemicals released through the ocean floor

• Sugars released through the ocean floor

Answer explanation

Chemicals that seep up through the ocean floor in cold seeps or thermal vents are used by microbes to produce energy

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What is a food web?

• A single chain of energy transfer

• What spiders use to catch their prey

• the interactions of all biotic and abiotic factors in a community

• A network of food chains, showing energy transfer in the community

Answer explanation

A food web is a series of interconnected food chains showing energy transfer in the community

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Where is there the most energy in a food web?

• the top

• the bottom

• the middle

• where the fly is stuck

Answer explanation

The most energy is present at the bottom of the food web.

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Where is the population in a food chain the largest?

• the bottom

• the middle

• the top

• on the left

Answer explanation

Less energy is available to the organisms at the top of the chain. This means that fewer organisms can be supported. Therefore, populations at the bottom of the food chain are largest.

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