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Michigan Freshwater Food Chains

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 3hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We live in the state of...

a)

North America

b)

United States of America

c)

Michigan

d)

Kalamazoo

2.

Match the following

a)
1.

Continent

b)
2.

Country

c)
3.

State

d)
4.

City

3.

Michigan is well known for it's ...

a)

fresh water habitats

b)

blizzards and snow storms

c)

desert ecosystems

d)

hot and humid weather

4.

What makes Michigan's bodies of water "fresh?"

a)

It is salty.

b)

Less than 1,000 milligrams of salt.

5.

Match the following

a)
1.

stream

b)
2.

river

c)
3.

lake

d)
4.

Great Lakes

6.

What is a food chain?

a)

A line diagram showing how energy moves through food in an ecosystem.

b)

A webbed path of energy through the eating of organisms in an ecosystem.

c)

Paper plates tied with yarn.

7.

Living things that can make their own food are called ________.

a)

consumers

b)

herbivores

c)

producers

d)

carnivore

8.

Which organism is a producer?

a)

white-tailed deer

b)

white pine tree

c)

grey wolf

9.

All the living and nonliving things in a place are called an...

a)

food chain

b)

ecosystem

c)

food web

10.

The purpose of a food chain is to transfer...

a)

The Sun

b)

Energy

c)

Producers

d)

Consumers

11.

What is a consumer?

a)

An organism that undergoes photosynthesis.

b)

An organism that has to eat other organisms for energy.

c)

An organism that has to use the sun's energy to make it's own food.

12.

What two items are transferred along a food chain?

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

Energy

d)

Air

13.

What is the original source of all energy in a food chain?

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

14.

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

a)

Plant

b)

Sun

c)

Deer

d)

Wolf

15.

Producers get their energy from the ...

a)

water

b)

Sun

c)

eating animals

d)

eating plants

16.

What are plants called in a food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Scavengers

17.

A tree is an example of which of the following?

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Food Chain

18.

Which vocabulary word would be the perfect caption for the picture?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Food Chains

19.

Where do plants get the energy for photosynthesis to take place?

a)

nutrients in the soil

b)

the sun

c)

chlorophyll

d)

bee pollination

20.

Which of the following is the producer in this food chain?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Mouse

c)

Eagle

d)

The Plants

21.

What part of the plant soaks up water for photosynthesis?

a)

roots

b)

petals

c)

leaf

d)

stem

22.

What is missing in this simple food chain?

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Herbivore

23.
What are the 3 key ingredients needed for photosynthesis
a)

carbon dioxide, water, glucose

b)

water, soil, sunlight

c)

sunlight, water, carbon dioxide

24.

Where does photosynthesis occur?

a)

Leaves

b)

Roots

c)

Stem

25.

    The ___ color of leaves is due to chlorophyll.

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

green

d)

pink

26.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)

water and carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen and glucose

c)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

d)

oxygen and water

27.

True or False: Plants make their own food and use the energy from the food that is made.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Match the following

a)
1.

Producer

b)
2.

Herbivore

c)
3.

Omnivore

d)
4.

Carnivore

e)
5.

Decomposer

29.

What does a herbivore eat?

a)
b)
c)
30.

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

31.

Match the following

a)
1.

Producer

b)
2.

Herbivore

c)
3.

Omnivore

d)
4.

Carnivore

e)
5.

Decomposer

32.

What does a omnivore eat?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Nothing!

33.

Match the following

a)
1.

Producer

b)
2.

Herbivore

c)
3.

Omnivore

d)
4.

Carnivore

e)
5.

Decomposer

34.

How is a painted turtle important to our state of Michigan?

a)

It is our state reptile.

b)

It is our state mammal.

c)

It is our state fossil.

d)

state tree

35.

What is does a carnivore eat?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Nothing!

36.

Which of these organisms would RECEIVE energy from the snake?

a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
37.

What is an apex predator?

a)

The organism at the bottom of the food chain.

b)

The organism at the top of the food chain.

c)

The wild animal in the food chain.

d)

The organism that can fly.

38.

Match the following

a)
1.

Producer

b)
2.

Herbivore

c)
3.

Omnivore

d)
4.

Carnivore

e)
5.

Decomposer

39.

Match the following decomposers.

a)
1.

mushrooms

b)
2.

bacteria

c)
3.

earthworms

d)
4.

roly poly

e)
5.

mealworms

40.

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 keep the sun burning.

41.

Which vocabular word best fits the following: organism that breaks down dead plants and animals so they can be used again?

a)

Decomposer

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

d)

Food Chain