Food Chain Task Cards

_______ is a model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one living thing to another. (single path)

• food chain

• model

• food web

All animals are consumers.

• True

• False

After the sun, where does a food chain start?

• With animals that eat plants

• With plants that eat other plants

• With plants that make their own food

Where would a decomposer be in a food chain?

• At the beginning

• At the end

• Between a producer and a consumer

All food webs include:

• Insects

• Mushrooms

• Producers

A hawk needs to eat many mice and rabbits because:

• There are lots of mice and rabbits in an ecosystem.

• The hawk only gets a portion of the energy from the animals it eats.

• The hawk is part of a large food web.

Which organism is most likely missing in the food chain?

• Grass

• Hawk

• Bird

What do several linked food chains make up?

• Food web

• Food pyramid

• Ecosystem

What is an example of a consumer getting energy from another consumer?

• A tree making food from sunlight

• A chipmunk eating seeds

• A fish eating insects

Which living organism or organisms does the mouse's energy pass to?

• Only to the Snake

• Only to the Hawk

• To both the Hawk and Snake