Introduced to Food Webs and Food Chains

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

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What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

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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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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• cat, grass, bird, snail
• bird, snail, grass, cat
• grass, snail, bird, cat
• grass, cat, bird, snail

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Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers
• food chains

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In this image, the grass is the ______________.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Heterotroph
• Producer

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An organism, like bacteria, that breaks down dead plant or animal matter and releases their nutrients back into the soil is called:

• Omnivores
• Herbivores
• Decomposers
• Carnivores

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The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.

• Frog
• Eagle
• Grasshopper
• Python

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