Food Chains

Where does the energy begin in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

What role do bacteria and fungi usually play in an ecosystem?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

• an organism that gets energy by eating dead organisms, non-living material, or waste

• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following

• consumer

• Can make their own food

• carnivore

• plant eater

• producer

• Gets its energy by eating other things

• herbivore

• plant and meat eater

• omnivore

• Meat eater

Which of these is an organism that does not depend on another living being for its food?

• the Sun

• an insect

• a plant

• an animal

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these correctly completes the food chain?

• a rock

• a fox

• a plant

• an egg

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism gets energy from the mouse?

• cricket

• grass

• fox

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these best completes the food chain shown?

• a shark

• a tree

• a rock

• a bird

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following options best describes the role of the deer in the ecosystem?

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The ____________ provides all the initial energy to plants.

• sun

• moon

• environment

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6