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Food Chain

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

The main source of energy for all of earth's food chains is the...

a)

sun

b)

producers

c)

nutrients

2.

All food chains begin with a...

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

3.

A herbivore is a...

a)

consumer that eats both plants and other animals

b)

consumer that only eats other animals

c)

consumer that only eats plants

4.

The secondary consumer is a carnivore which means...

a)

a consumer that eats both plants and other animals

b)

a consumer that eats only plants

c)

a consumer that eats only other animals

5.

Animals that are not hunted and eaten by any animals are called...

a)

secondary consumers

b)

tertiary consumers

c)

apex predators

6.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

How the plants grow

7.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
8.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
9.

What animal is on the top of the food chain?

*Remember Humans are on the top of all food chains because we do not get hunted.

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Mouse

c)

Owl

10.

What is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
11.

What are plants called in a food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

12.

What is the role of a producer?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Gain energy from eating other organisms

c)

Breaking down dead stuff

13.

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

a)

Mouse

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Hawk

14.

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

15.

What is this called?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Biotic Factors

16.

Which of these is an organism that does not depend on another living thing for food?

a)

the Sun

b)

an insect

c)

a plant

17.

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

a)

a plant

b)

a fox

c)

a rabbit

18.

What does the arrow point to in a food chain?

a)

only the plants in a food chain

b)

only the animals in a food chain

c)

the organism that gets the energy

19.

Which organism is getting energy from the mouse?

a)

cricket

b)

grass

c)

fox

20.

Which of these best completes the food chain shown?

a)

a fox

b)

a tree

c)

a bird

21.

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

a)

Sun → grass → fly → frog

b)

Sun → fly → grass → frog

c)

Sun → fly → frog → snake

22.
_________ cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
decomposers
23.

The Cat is ...

a)

Omnivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Herbivore

24.

The monkey is ...

a)

Omnivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Herbivore

25.

The cow is ...

a)

Omnivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Herbivore