Food Web and Food Chain

What are producers in the food chain?

• Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

• Microorganisms that break down dead organisms for energy

• Animals that eat other animals for food

• Plants that rely on other organisms for food

Give an example of a producer in the food chain.

• Wolves

• Bears

• Plants or algae

• Lions

What do consumers in the food chain eat?

• Rocks and minerals

• Plastic and metal

• Other organisms

• Nothing at all

Name the different types of consumers in the food chain.

• Producers, Decomposers, and Scavengers

• Plants, Fungi, and Bacteria

• Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores

• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary

What role do decomposers play in the food chain?

• Providing energy to the food chain

• Recycling nutrients in the food chain

• Creating new nutrients in the food chain

• Causing imbalance in the food chain

Provide an example of a decomposer in the food chain.

• Bacteria

• Lion

• Tree

• Eagle

How do producers make their own food?

• Absorbing nutrients from the soil

• Eating other producers

• Hunting for prey

• Photosynthesis

Explain the difference between herbivores and carnivores.

• Herbivores eat meat and carnivores eat plants.

• Herbivores eat other animals and carnivores eat plants.

• Herbivores eat rocks and carnivores eat dirt.

• Herbivores eat plants and carnivores eat other animals.

What happens to the energy in the food chain?

• It is transferred from one organism to another.

• It remains in the same organism

• It is created from scratch in each organism

• It disappears completely

Why are decomposers important in the food chain?

• To create new organisms for the food chain

• To break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the soil for plants to use.

• To provide energy for the sun

• To regulate the temperature of the environment