Food Chains and Food Webs
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Science
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5th Grade
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Jordana Green
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5 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the primary role of producers in a food chain?
To consume herbivores
To make their own food through photosynthesis
To break down dead plants and animals
To control populations of other species
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes a food web?
A sequence of organisms where each feeds on the one below it
A model showing all feeding relationships in an ecosystem
A group of decomposers breaking down dead matter
A simplified view of energy transfer in ecosystems
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
To consume producers
To recycle nutrients by breaking down dead plants and animals
To control populations of herbivores
To transfer energy to apex predators
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do food chains typically consist of only a few steps?
Because energy is lost as heat at each step
Because decomposers are not included
Because apex predators control the food chain
Because producers cannot sustain more steps
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the significance of apex predators in a food web?
They recycle nutrients
They are not eaten by other animals and control populations
They consume producers
They simplify energy transfer
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