Food Chains

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tiny, one-celled organisms that are neither plants nor animals. They are involved in infectious disease and decay. They live nearly everywhere on planet Earth, including in the human body.

• producer

• prey

• bacteria

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and that's how a food chain works.
Are there lots of food chains? You bet—
They all link up to make a(n) _____________.

• food web

• population

• energy

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an animal that does not produce its own food, and so gets nutrients by eating plants and/or other animals.

• prey

• producer

• consumer

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This plant is a ______ because it makes its own energy from the sun.

• producer

• bacteria

• consumer

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She needs a lot of __________ to move those heavy buckets of water.

• energy

• predators

• population

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an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal cells into simpler substances for energy.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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Next is _________ —what do they do?
Eat other plants and animals, they can't make their own food.

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

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all the living things of one kind in a particular place.

• producer

• food web

• population

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All things need ________ to live,
It starts with the sun 'cause it's got a lot to give.
Shining light on the plants, which the animals eat

• predators

• populations

• energy

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Jesse felt bad for the _________

because they only had one cell and sometimes caused disease.

• bacteria

• producers

• predators