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Food chains

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is the insect a consumer?

a)

It is eaten by a mouse

b)

It can make its own food

c)

It eats the plant

d)

It takes energy from the sun

2.

Why will having fewer insects affect the mice?

a)

The mice will not have enough insects to eat

b)

It will not affect the mice

c)

The mice will have too many insects to eat

d)

The mice will have more competition for food

3.

In the food chain pictured, why is the plant a producer?

a)

The plant consumes the sun

b)

The plant makes its own food

c)

The plant is not a producer

d)

The plant is eaten by an animal

4.

Which picture would be first to show the flow of energy through the food chain?

a)

Snake

b)

Sun

c)

Carrot

d)

Rabbit

5.

What do the arrows show in a food chain picture?

a)

They always point to the smallest animals

b)

They show the predator-prey relationship

c)

They always point to the producers

d)

They point in the direction that energy is flowing

6.

Producers get their energy from the ______.

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Air

d)

Eating plants

7.

What is the name of the organism at the beginning of every food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

8.

Which organisms are the consumers?

a)

Deer and squirrel

b)

Flowers and deer

c)

Deer and mushrooms

d)

Squirrel and mushrooms

9.

Which organism is a producer?

a)

Deer

b)

Trees

c)

Birds

d)

Worms

10.

Which food chain is in the correct order?

a)

Cat, grass, bird, snail

b)

Bird, snail, grass, cat

c)

Grass, snail, bird, cat

d)

Grass, cat, bird, snail

11.

Which food chain is in the correct order?

a)

Sun, bird, caterpillar, plant

b)

Bird, caterpillar, plant, sun

c)

Sun, plant, caterpillar, bird

d)

Caterpillar, sun, bird, plant

12.

Organisms that eat only plants are ______.

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Food chains

13.

Organisms that eat both meat and plants are _______.

a)

Herbivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Food chains

14.

Organisms that only eat meat are ______.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Food chains

15.

All organisms need _____ to survive.

a)

Environment

b)

Energy

c)

Sun

d)

Plants

16.

What does a food chain contain? Choose ALL correct answers.

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

All of the above