Food Chain

All food chains begin with a ____________.

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• producers

• scavengers

Who does the grasshopper get energy from? 

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Ow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant

• Rabbit

• Mouse

• Hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does the arrow point to in a food chain?

• only the plants in a food chain

• only the animals in a food chain

• the organism that gets the energy

• the organism that lives the longest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Label the food chain.

c

d

e

f

b

a

Decomposer

Primary Consumer

Energy

Secondary Consumer

Sun

Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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In a food chain, what is the term for animals that eat only plants?

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What role do decomposers play in the food chain?

• They produce their own food

• They consume other organisms

• They break down dead organisms

• They help plants to grow

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

In a food chain, which level is primarily responsible for recycling nutrients?

• Primary producers

• Primary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Label this food chain

c

d

b

e

a

primary consumer

producer

sun

decomposer

secondary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In a food web, what role do plants typically play?

• Primary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept