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What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead stuff 

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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The shrew provides energy for the _______.

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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What is a decomposer?

• A moon
• Something that breaks down dead organisms
• Roots
• Dead things

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What best describes the roles of the organisms pictured in order from left to right?

• consumer, producer, consumer
• producer, decomposer, consumer
• consumer, decomposer, consumer

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What is a decomposer?

• An organism that eats meat.

• An organism that eats plants.

• An organism that eats dead things.

• An organism that makes its own food.

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How is energy transferred throughout the food web?

(Choose the option that best answers the question.)

• Energy is transferred when one organism consumes another.

• Energy is transferred by consumers absorbing energy from the sun.

• Animals such as the lion and jackal get energy by consuming producers.

• Organisms such as the mouse and owl pass energy to the producers.

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In this food chain, where does the antelope get its energy?

• sun

• grass

• lion

• dung beetle

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Hawks, grasses, songbirds, and caterpillars are some organisms found in an ecosystem. Which is the correct order for energy transfer in this ecosystem?

• caterpillars → hawks → grasses → songbirds

• grasses → caterpillars → songbirds → hawks

• hawks → caterpillars → grasses → songbirds

• songbirds → grasses → hawks → caterpillars

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THE MORE LINKS ON THE FOOD CHAIN, THE MORE ENERGY EACH ANIMAL GETS ALONG THE WAY.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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