Food Chains

Choose the main energy roles in a food chain.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Scavenger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following energy roles with HOW they obtain their energy.

• Primary Consumer

• gets nourishment from sunlight through photosynthesis

• Producer

• eats producers/plants

• Secondary Consumer

• eats primary consumers/animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Reorder the following living things in order from BOTTOM of the food chain to the TOP of the food chain. Leftmost answer should be bottom of the food chain. Rightmost answer should be the very top of the food chain.

• grass

• snake

• mouse

• hawk

• carpenter ant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The organism that eats the second-level consumer is called a _____-level consumer.

Match the following vocabulary words with their correct descriptions.

• food web

• one organism eats another and obtains energy

• food chain

• shows that an organism may play more than one role in an ecosystem

• global food web

• All the world's food webs interconnect in what can be thought of as a

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Bacteria and fungi that break down dead organisms and recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that only eat animals are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

Consumers that only eat plants are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

Carnivores that feed on the bodies 

of dead organisms are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1