Food Chain and Webs

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Plants

Look at the food web.

Which of the following food chains is represented in this food web?

• phytoplankton → krill → penguin

• krill → leopard seal → cod

• cod → squid → zooplankton

• elephant seal → penguin → squid

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What is the series of steps in which a large fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae?

• food chain

• food web

• pyramid of numbers

• pyramid of biomass

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The picture below shows a pond food chain.

Where does the energy for this food chain enter the system?

• Snakes

• Soil

• Grass

• Toads

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The following model shows the organisms that Damian saw on a field trip.

Which list only includes organisms within the model that cannot make their own food?

• heron, otter, and algae

• water lily, algae, and frog

• frog, otter, and heron

• algae, water lily, and otter

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Which of the following do Nathan and Amelia need to add to their food web?

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

• predators

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The picture illustrates a food web. Use the web to answer any questions that follow.

• consumers that eat plants.

• the Sun, which creates light energy.

• the soil, which contains many insects.

• decomposers that break down other organisms.

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Producers are organisms that

• consume plant and animal remains and other dead matter.

• rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply.

• use energy from the Sun to make their own food.

• obtain their energy by eating only plant material.

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Mrs. Gonzalez's seventh-grade class studied food webs after they visited the Miami River. Several students forgot to include bacteria and fungi in their diagrams. Why are bacteria and fungi important in a food web?

• Bacteria and fungi break down dead organisms into nutrients.

• Bacteria and fungi transform carbon dioxide into oxygen.

• Bacteria and fungi create energy from sunlight.

• Bacteria and fungi consume living animals.

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This image below shows how animals in the Everglades are connected by the flow of energy from the Sun. Which energy consumer belongs in the missing spot in order to complete the food chain?

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