Food Chain

It shows a simple linear series of organisms that show feeding pattern of animals.

• ecosystem

• ecology

• food chain

• food pyramid

The ______________ are heterotrophic organisms that cannot make their own food.

• producers

• autotrophs

• plants

• consumers

These are organisms which can make their own food and BEGIN the food chain

• producers

• heterotrophs

• herbivore

• carnivore

Herbivores are organisms that feed on ___________.

• animals

• carcass

• dead remains

• plants

Carnivores are organisms that feed on ___________.

• plants

• animals

• dead remains

Those that feed on dead or decaying matter are called ___________.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposers

In a food chain, the arrow shows the flow of _________ from one organism to the next.

• materials

• energy

• minerals

In this food chain, which is the first order consumer?

• grass

• deer

• lion

• detrivore

In this food chain, which is the SECOND ORDER consumer?

• plant

• deer

• lion

• detrivore