Food Chains

What is the term for animals that eat other animals?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Detritivore

What is an example of a food chain?

• Grass -> Rabbit -> Fox

• Sun -> Grass -> Cow

• Water -> Fish -> Eagle

• Soil -> Worm -> Bird

What shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from organism to organism?

• Food chain

• Food web

• Nutrient cycle

• Energy pyramid

What is an independent living thing that makes its own food?

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Herbivore

What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

• To create energy through photosynthesis

• To consume other organisms for energy

• To decompose organic matter

• To provide shelter for herbivores

What is the term for the place where an organism lives?

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Niche

What is the relationship between predators and prey?

• Predators hunt and eat prey.

• Prey hunt and eat predators.

• Predators and prey live in harmony.

• Prey protect predators from other threats.

What is a primary consumer?

• An animal that eats producers (plants)

• An animal that eats other animals

• A plant that produces energy through photosynthesis

• A decomposer that breaks down dead matter

Where is the top predator usually located in the food chain?

• At the bottom

• In the middle

• At the top

• At the side

What do we call animals that eat both plants and animals?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Insectivore