National Geographic Food Web Reading Quiz

What is a food web?

• A map of who eats who in a certain place

• A diagram showing the different types of plants in an ecosystem

• A list of animals that live in a forest or an ocean

• A chart displaying the energy flow in a food chain

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Which of the following is NOT a producer in a food web?

• Plants

• Seaweed

• Zooplankton

• Crustaceans

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What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight called?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Digestion

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What is the primary source of energy for plants?

• Glucose

• Sunlight

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

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What do we call animals that can't make their own food and have to eat other things to get energy?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Predators

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Which of the following animals is a herbivore?

• Lion

• Shark

• Deer

• Snake

What do we call animals that eat other animals?

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Producers

 If a carnivore eats a herbivore, what is it called?

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

• Decomposer

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What do we call animals that hunt and eat other animals?

• Prey

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Predators

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10. What happens to the energy as you move up the food web?

• It increases

•  It decreases

• It stays the same

•  It transforms into heat

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