Energy Transfer Basics

A producer gets energy from the ​ (a)  

• sun.
• carnivores
• omnivores
• herbivores
• other producers

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Decomposers do NOT need energy to live.

• True

• False

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How does the food chain start?

• Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.

• Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.

• Animals like rats eat insects.

• Humans eat large animals and plant life.

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What do we call an animal that gets eaten in a food chain?

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

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An animal cannot be both a predator and prey.

• True

• False

What is the role of decomposers in the food chain?

• to consume plants and animals

• to produce food using energy from the sun

• to eat decaying matter and return nutrients to the soil

• to hunt prey

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Seals eat fish. What would happen to the seal population if almost all of the fish died?

• The population would grow.

• The population would shrink.

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How do consumers get energy to live?

• They make their own food from the soil.

• They break down decaying matter.

• They make their own food from the sun.

• They eat other plants and animals.

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Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Plants

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Scavengers