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Food Chain

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
2.
An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...
a)
scavenger
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
carnivore
3.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
4.
Animals that are being hunted and eaten by predators.
a)
prey
b)
extinct
5.
Recently, a family of bobcats moved into an area with a large rabbit population. What changes may occur in the ecosystem?
a)
The rabbit population may increase
b)
The rabbit population may decrease
c)
The rabbit population may increase first, then decrease
d)
The rabbit population will remain the same
6.
An animal that eats only plants is an...
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
7.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
8.
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
9.

An example of a predator:

a)

shark

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

10.

What is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
12.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
13.

Why do people say adult lions are at the top of the food chain?

a)

Adult lions have no predators in the wild, except for humans.

b)

Adult lions are prey for many different kinds of animals.

c)

Adult lions are producers and can make food on their own.

d)

Adult lions help other animals get food by hunting for them.

14.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

15.

Who is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

16.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

The way the sun makes everything

d)

How the plants grow

17.
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)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Owl
18.

type of consumer eats secondary consumers

a)

primary consumer

b)

plants

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

sunlight

19.

This type of consumer

eats a producer. (herbivores)

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Vegan Consumers

20.

Why are decomposers important?

a)

they break down dead animals and replace nutrients in the soil.

b)

they provide energy to consumers

c)

they make their own food

d)

they collect sunlight