Food Chain

What do producers make using sunlight?

• Water

• Oxygen

• Food

• Carbon dioxide

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Which animal is an herbivore and only eats plants?

• wolf

• hedgehog

• fox

• grasshopper

Why are adult lions at the top of the food chain?

• Adult lions have no predators in the wild, except for humans.

• Adult lions are prey for many different kinds of animals.

• Adult lions are producers and can make food on their own.

• Adult lions help other animals get food by hunting for them.

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What happens when a frog eats a fly?

• Some energy moves from the predator to the prey.

• Some energy moves from the prey to the predator.

• Some energy moves from the producer to the consumer.

• Some energy moves from the consumer to the producer.

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What might happen if salmon became endangered?

• Bears might have a hard time getting the energy they need.

• Bears would have an easier time finding food.

• There would be more bears in the wild.

• There would be less insects in the wild.

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Which living thing is a producer?

• cactus

• snake

• mouse

• duck

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What are producers in a food chain?

• Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

• Microorganisms that break down dead organisms for food

• Animals that eat other animals for food

• Plants that rely on other organisms for food

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What is the role of decomposers in the food chain?

• They help in the process of photosynthesis in plants.

• They provide energy to the producers in the food chain.

• They hunt and consume other organisms for energy.

• They break down dead organisms and waste, releasing nutrients back into the environment.

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Name one decomposer commonly found in a food chain.

• Bacteria

• Tree

• Lion

• Elephant

How does energy flow in a food web?

• Energy flows from the organisms to the sun

• Energy flows from the organisms to the environment

• Energy flows from the sun to the organisms directly

• Energy flows from one organism to another through the consumption of other organisms.

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