Food Chain Lesson

What describes the feeding relationship between plants and animals?

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describe the food chain

• the flower eats the snail

• the snail eats the flower

• the flower is eaten by the snail

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Draw the food chain to represent feeding relationship between :

rat, corn, owl

• rat --> corn --> owl

• corn --> owl --> rat

• rat --> owl --> corn

• corn--> rat.--> owl

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Each food chain begins with a plant.

• true

• false

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What are animals and humans called in food chains?

• producers

• consumers

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identify the producer in this food chain:

grass--> deer--> lion

• deer

• lion

• grass

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What do scientists use as models to show feeding relationships between populations in an ecosystem.?

• Energy pyramids

• Weather patterns

• Food chains or food webs

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Which of these is an example of a producer?

• snake

• worm

• human

• grass

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What do the arrows show in this food chain:

plant → grasshopper → bird → snake → owl.

• The arrow points from the organism being eaten to the organism that eats it.

• The arrow points from the organism that eats it to the organism that is being eaten.

• The arrow points from biggest animal to smallest animal.

• The arrow points from the consumers to the producers.

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What is it called when populations in a food web can also affect other populations in the food web, even if they don’t interact directly?

• Indirect effects

• Parallel effects

• Direct effects