Food Web Feb

Which of the following options best describes a producer in a food chain?

• An organism that eats other animals

• An organism that decomposes dead material

• An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis

• An organism that eats plants

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What is a primary consumer?

• An animal that eats plants

• An animal that eats other animals

• A plant that eats insects

• A decomposer that decomposes dead organisms

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What organism is an example of a decomposer?

• Lion

• Grass

• Mushroom

• Deer

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In a food chain, a secondary consumer will...

• Produce energy through photosynthesis

• Eat primary consumers

• Decompose dead organisms

• Eat producers

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What does "trophic level" mean?

• How fast an organism moves

• How acidic is the water

• Where an organism is in the food chain

• The amount of water an organism needs

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What is a tertiary consumer?

• An organism that eats secondary consumers

• An organism that eats producers

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that decomposes dead material

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How do producers make their own food?

• Cellular respiration

• Eating plants

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

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In a trophic pyramid, which level has the least energy?

• The top level

• The third level

• The second level

• The bottom

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In a food pyramid, which group has the most energy?

• Tertiary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Primary consumers

• Producers

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Why are decomposers important in a food web?

• They help make food through photosynthesis

• They eat primary consumers, controlling their population

• They recycle nutrients from dead plants and animals back into the soil

• They transform light energy into chemical energy

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