Food Chains and Food Webs Review

What does a food chain represent?

• How plants create their own food.

• A single path of energy transfer within an ecosystem.

• All of the things that a particular animal eats.

• How all living organisms within an ecosystem are connected.

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• insectivore

Polar Bears eat mostly seals and harp (a type of fish). Polar Bears are _____________.

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

This is an example of a _______________.

• food web

• food table

• food chart

• food chain

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• oxygen

• sun

• water

• consumers

Which of these describes how animals get energy they need to live and survive?

• They eat plants or other animals.

• They use sunlight.

• They drink water and juice.

• They drink water.

What is the producer in this food chain?

• plant

• insect

• frog

• hawk

What is the decomposer in this food chain?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• racoon

• mushrooms

An organism that transforms energy from the sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food is called a(n) _________________________________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

Which organism is a decomposer?

• elephant

• shrew

• cow

• mushroom