Food Chain Lesson

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

an organism that makes its own food

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

an organism that gets energy from eating other things

• consumer

• producer

• energy pyramid

• decomposer

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant

• Rabbit

• Mouse

• Hawk

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If the MOUSE disappeared from this food chain, which animal would have less to eat?

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Owl

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Identify the PRODUCER in the food chain above

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Owl

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If the temperature rose and all of the FISH died, what would most likely happen to the number of SEALs?

• Seals would increase and then decrease.

• The number of seals would not change.

• The number of seals would increase.

• The number of seals would decrease.

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A food chain is:

• an animal that eats only plants.

• a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)

• An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.

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What type of consumers eat producers?

• Primary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Tertiary consumers

• The sun

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