Food Chains Quiz

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1. These animals come third or fourth in the food chain and they get all of their energy from eating other animals.

• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Herbivores
• Producers

2. The following is an example of a ______________ because it eats both plants and animals.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

3. These types of animals search to find the remains of dead animals to eat.

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Scavengers
• Producers

4. These types of organisms include things such as fungi, bacteria, and worms. They break down the remains of dead animals and return nutrients to the soil.

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Decomposers
• Carnivores

5. Please put the following organisms in order: Producer, Consumer, and Decomposer.

• Grass, Mushrooms, Mice
• Deer, acorns, worms
• Bacteria, whales, algae
• Apple Tree, Deer, Mushroom

6. What does a food chain show?

• How energy is created.
• How energy passes from one living thing to another.
• How living things work together in a zoo.
• How living things use sunlight to make food.

7. In a forest food chain, a rabbit eats clover and a hawk eats rabbits. Which of the following is true?

• The rabbit is a producer, the hawk is a consumer
• The rabbit is a consumer, the hawk is a decomposer
• Both are consumers
• Both are producers

8. Which correctly shows the flow of energy in a food chain that includes an insect, cat, sunlight, grass, and a bird?

• bird, cat, sunlight, grass, insect
• insect, sunlight, grass, bird, cat
• sunlight, insect, grass, bird, cat
• sunlight, grass, insect, bird, cat

9. What is this an example of?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer