Foodchain Comprehension Questions

What is the main role of top predators in the food chain?

• To eat other top predators
• To provide energy for producers
• To regulate the population of primary consumers
• To eat primary consumers

What is the role of primary consumers in the food chain?

• To eat secondary consumers
• To eat producers
• To provide energy for top predators
• To break down dead organisms

What is the first trophic level in a food chain?

• Top predator
• Producer
• Secondary consumer
• Primary consumer

What is the main source of energy for decomposers?

• Sunlight
• Water
• Dead organisms
• Carbon dioxide

Which of the following is NOT a type of autotroph?

• Fungi
• Deer
• Bacteria
• Algae

Which of the following is NOT a trophic level?

• Producer
• Primary consumer
• Secondary consumer
• Decomposer

What is the final part of a food chain?

• Producer
• Primary consumer
• Secondary consumer
• Decomposer

Which of the following is an example of an autotroph?

• Algae
• Fox
• Rabbit
• Deer

Which of the following is an example of a heterotroph?

• Phytoplankton
• Algae
• Grass
• Deer

What is the main role of tertiary consumers in the food chain?

• To eat secondary consumers
• To eat producers
• To provide energy for top predators
• To break down dead organisms