Food Chains & Food Webs

Plants convert the sun’s energy into food through

• metamorphosis.

• photosynthesis.

• transpiration.

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Where do producers get their energy?

• Plants

• The sun

• Dead organisms

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A food chain shows the flow of

• food.

• energy.

• organisms.

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The energy of the sun is transferred through plants and given to

• producers.

• consumers.

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Producers use this to create their own food.

• Air

• Sunlight

• Water

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List the four types of consumers.

• Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary

• Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores, Decomposers

• Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, Scavengers

• Predators, Prey, Parasites, Hosts

The arrows in a food chain represent

• the direction an organism moves.

• the size of the organisms.

• the flow of energy.

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When decomposers eat dead organisms, they

• A. use sunlight to produce food.

• B. break down organic wastes.

• C. reproduce.

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In a food chain, the arrow always points to the organism that is getting energy.

• True

• False

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How does a herbivore get its energy?

• By eating producers only

• By eating producers and consumers

• By eating consumers only

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