Food Chains, Webs, Adaptations, Invasive Species Spiral Review

Some animals get nutrients by

• taking in carbon dioxide.
• getting nutrients from the soil.
• eating plants.
• eating, drinking, or breathing.
• making their own food.

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Check FOUR reasons why this statement is FALSE: A food chain can begin with an omnivore.

• All food chains begin with a producer.
• Omnivores do not get their energy directly from the sun.
• Omnivores are consumers, not producers.
• Omnivores get energy from producers and consumers.
• There are many more animals than plants.

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In a food chain model, what does an image of the sun represent?

• material plants use to make food
• food that plants make
• both producers and consumers
• the source of all food energy

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The food of all animals can be traced back to plants because _________________.

• all animals eat at least one or two different plants
• animals eat plants, or they eat animals that eat plants
• animals that do not eat plants are not very healthy
• there are many more plants than animals on Earth

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What type of organism comes first in every food chain?

• consumer
• producer
• carnivore
• herbivore

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The arrows in a food chain show the direction of _____________________.

• the energy transfer from organism to organism
• animals when they are hunting for food
• consumers to producers in a food chain
• both B and C

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The energy of all animals can be traced back to _________________.

• plants
• other animals
• water
• oxygen

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Plants get the energy they need from (a)   .

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What eats both plants and animals?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

Decomposers are very important in every ecosystem because they ___________.

• recycle nutrients for plants to absorb
• consume dead matter in the environment that would otherwise pile up
• are producers that can make their own food and start every food chain
• both A and B

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