Brainpop - Food Chains

A __________ is simpler than a __________, which branches off in many different directions.

• food chain

• food web

• ecosystem

• biome

• habitat

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Organisms at the top of food chains tend to be __________ that eat animals.

• predators

• herbivores

• decomposers

• scavengers

While __________ feed off of living organisms and __________ feed on dead organisms, both are considered __________.

• decomposers

• consumers

• parasites

• producers

• scavengers

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How are the living creatures in an ecosystem linked?

• By what they eat

• By how they breathe

• By their size

• By their species

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Which term's meaning is most similar to 'herbivore'?

• Meat-eater

• Pescatarian

• Herb-eater

• Vegetarian

How do producers make their own food?

• Scavenging

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Predation

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What might happen if a population of primary consumers increases? Choose two.

• It can increase competition for food in that population

• The population of predators can decrease

• There would be no effect on the populations of other organisms

• It can increase the availability of food for predators

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Based on the role of consumers in the food chain, what does the word "consume" mean?

• Preserve

• Cook

• Destroy

• Eat

The diagram represents a simple food chain. The arrows in the diagram indicate the  

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  return of chemical substances to the environment

• order of importance of the various organisms.  

• direction of energy flow through a series of organisms

• direction in which organisms move in the environment. 

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