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WorksheetsBig Idea 17: Interdependence
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Energy that moves through a food chain starts with--
the sun.
Consumer
Food Chain
Energy
Plants, insects, frogs, and snakes live in an ecosystem. What would happen if the snakes were removed from the ecosystem?
Insect population would increase.
Frog population would decrease.
Plant population would decrease.
Frog population would increase.
What type of organisms make their own food for energy?
Consumers
Decomposers
Producers
Predators
Producer
An organism that makes its own food for energy.
The path of food energy from one organism to another.
Energy that moved through a food chain starts with--
Need to do work or cause a change.
Consumer
An organism that makes its own food for energy.
Energy that moves through a food chain starts with--
An organism that gets energy from eating another organism.
The path of food energy from one organism to another.
What is most likely the first thing to result from having fewer field mice in the food chain pictured here?
The snakes would have to find another food source.
The plants that make seeds would decrease in number.
The eagles would have to fly away to a location.
The mice would eat many more kinds of seeds.
Which of these is an organism that does not depend on another living thing for food?
the Sun
an insect
a plant
an animal
Which of these completes the food chain correctly?
a rock
a fox
a plant
an egg
What would a lion be considered in a food chain if they ONLY EAT MEAT?
producer
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
What would a human that eats BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS be considered in a food chain?
herbivore
carnivore
producer
omnivore
Squirrels spend much of their day collecting acorns and storing them around their nests. Why do squirrels spend so much time collecting acorns?
They use acorns to camouflage their nests.
They line their nests with acorns to keep warm.
They use the acorns to protect themselves from predators
They receive the energy they need to survive the winter from acorns.
What is a possible explanation for the resurrection fern turning brown and curling its leaves?
It helps them reproduce.
It helps them spread their seeds.
It helps camouflage them from predators.
It helps them survive cooler temperatures.
During today’s science lesson Ms. Hogan is teaching her students about food chains. She tells her students that in a food chain energy moves from organism to organism. Which of the following shows an example of a correct order of energy movement in a food chain?
Sun, carnivore, producers, herbivores.
Sun, consumers, predators, producers.
Sun, producers, herbivores, carnivores.
Sun, producers, carnivores, herbivores.
