Food Chains Quiz

Horses get energy eating grass and oats. Florida Panthers get energy eating deer and raccoons. Raccoons get energy eating frogs and fruit. Bobcats get energy eating lizards and birds. Which animal above is a herbivore?

• horse

• bobcat

• panther

• raccoon

Plants and animals are known as producers and consumers. This means that they make and use something. What is it that plants produce (make) and animals consume (use)?

• cells

• food

• sunlight

• water

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Which of these statements about food chains is true?

• There are more consumers than producers in a food chain

• The Sun is the original source of all energy in a food chain

• Producers are the original source of all energy in a food chain

• Consumers are the original source of all energy in a food chain

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Ella made this forest food chain to show how the energy of the Sun is transferred through living organisms. Which of the following describes the transfer of energy from an herbivore to a carnivore?

• A. from the hawk to the grass

• B. from the snake to the hawk

• C. from the grass to the mouse

• D. from the mouse to the snake

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Martel takes a tour of a mangrove orchard. He then sketches the following diagram in his journal to show one food chain involving the organisms in a mangrove orchard: the Sun → mangrove tree → mud crab → fish → turtle. Which organism in this food chain produces its own food?

• A. the fish

• B. the turtle

• C. the mud crab

• D. the mangrove tree

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Use the picture of the food chain to answer the question. How do the animals in this food chain get energy?

• A. Animals get energy directly from the Sun

• B. Animals get energy by absorbing sunlight

• C. Animals get energy through photosynthesis

• D. Animals get energy by eating plants and other animals.

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Talia is studying about consumers and producers in science class. She says that all insects are consumers. Which of the following supports Talia's statement?

• Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals.

• Insects are able to make food through photosynthesis.

• Insects get their energy by breathing in oxygen from the air.

• Insects are able to change carbon dioxide and water into sugars.

Shamal likes to watch insects in his mother's garden. He notices this grasshopper in the garden. What can Shamal say about how the grasshopper gets its energy?

• It gets energy from the air.

• It gets energy from the leaf.

• It gets energy from water.

• It gets energy from soil.

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Julius lives near a wooded area in Florida. He likes to watch all the birds that come to the area, but his favorite bird is the white-throated sparrow. Each fall, the sparrows flock to the woods. By spring, however, they are very rare. Which statement best explains the reason for this change?

• The sparrows hibernate in Florida in the fall.

• The sparrows migrate to Florida in the fall because Florida winters are warm.

• The sparrows hibernate in Florida in the spring to avoid being eaten by predators.

• The sparrows migrate away from Florida when they have completely eaten all the food there.

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Which of these is the most likely reason that bluebirds are seen year-round in Florida, but only part of the year in Maine?

• Food for bluebirds is available year-round in Florida and only part of the year in Maine.

• There are less predators of bluebirds year-round in Florida than in Maine.

• Bluebirds are able to find better areas to hide in the part of the year they are not seen in Maine.

• Other birds species move the bluebirds out of Maine for part of the year.

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