Food Webs Crash Course for Kids

Complete the food web by dragging the label of the missing organisms in the boxes.

a

b

c

Arctic Wildflowers

Hawk

Lemmings

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According to the food web above, which organism(s) prey on suckerfish? (more than one correct answer)

• beaver

• muskrat

• suckerfish

• trout

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A food web for some organisms in an African rain forest is shown below. Which organisms in this food web eat only consumers? (5.9B)

• Okapis

• Civets

• Leopards

• Gorillas

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In an ecosystem, decomposers break down ___

• nutrients

• waste

• insects

• worms

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Which organisms keep waste from piling up in an ecosystem?

• decomposers

• plants

• mice

• owls

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Chemicals go into the ground and are taken up by ___

• the sun

• plants

• decomposers

• animals

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The food chain example, from the video, had energy flowing from the mouse to the ___

• tree

• raccoom

• apple

• owl

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Where do decomposers fit into the food chain?

• at the beginning

• in the middle

• any time there's waste

• at the end

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A habitat is home to a tangle of food chains called _____

• energy cycle

• food web

• abiotic species

• decomposers

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Which animal is often said to be at the "top of the food chain"?

• raccoons

• bugs

• hawks

• humans

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