Understanding Food Chains

What is a food chain?

• A diagram that shows how living things are connected by what they eat

• A story about food

• A list of our favorite foods

• A type of chain made in the kitchen

Which of the following can produce its own food through photosynthesis?

• Ladybug

• Grass

• Coyote

• Lamb

What does a primary consumer eat?

• Secondary consumers

• Tertiary consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

Who are the decomposers in a food chain?

• Primary consumers

• Bacteria and fungi

• Plants that eat animals

• Animals that eat plants

What happens to energy in a food chain?

• It is lost as heat only

• It is passed from one living thing to another

• It disappears

• It is only used by plants

What is the role of a tertiary consumer in a food chain?

• It decomposes dead organisms

• It eats secondary consumers

• It produces its own food

• It eats primary consumers

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

• Ladybug

• Coyote

• Flower

• Bird

What do decomposers do in a food chain?

• Turn dead organisms into nutrients

• Produce their own food

• Hunt other animals

• Eat live plants

Why are food chains important?

• They show us how to cook

• They help us understand where living things get their energy

• They are only important for scientists

• They tell us what foods are healthy

What is the correct order of a food chain from start to finish?

• Decomposers, tertiary consumers, secondary consumers, primary consumers, producers

• Tertiary consumers, secondary consumers, primary consumers, producers, decomposers

• Primary consumers, producers, secondary consumers, decomposers, tertiary consumers

• Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, decomposers