Food Chain and Web Quiz

What is an ecosystem?

• A group of similar species

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

• A type of habitat

• A single food chain

What is a food chain?

• A group of predators and prey

• A model that shows the path of energy and nutrients in an ecosystem

• A type of ecosystem

• A network of food webs

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Which organisms are known as producers?

• Animals that eat both plants and animals

• Organisms that use the sun's energy to make their own food

• Animals that eat only plants

• Organisms that break down dead material

What is a consumer?

• An organism that breaks down dead material

• A plant that uses sunlight

• Any animal that eats plants or other animals

• An organism that makes its own food

What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

• They break down dead or decaying plants and animal materials

• They compete for resources

• They produce energy from sunlight

• They hunt and kill other organisms

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What are herbivores also known as?

• Decomposers

• Secondary consumers

• Producers

• Primary consumers

What is a predator?

• An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food

• An organism that feeds on dead animals

• An organism that is eaten by other organisms

• An organism that eats only plants

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What is prey?

• Organisms that produce their own food

• Organisms that are eaten by predators

• Organisms that hunt other organisms

• Organisms that decompose material

What do carnivores eat?

• Only other animals

• Both plants and animals

• Dead and decaying material

• Only plants

What do omnivores eat?

• Only plants

• Only other animals

• Only dead material

• Both plants and animals