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4th Grade Pass the Energy, Food Chains

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Due to the fact that plants can make their own food using photosynthesis, what are plants considered in food chains?

a)

omnivores

b)

consumbers

c)

producers

d)

carnivores

2.

What would a rabbit be considered in a food chain if it ONLY EATS PLANTS?

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

producer

3.

What would a lion be considered in a food chain if they ONLY EAT MEAT?

a)

producer

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

4.

What would a human that eats BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS be considered in a food chain?

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

producer

d)

omnivore

5.

In a food chain, what breaks down dead material and helps turn it into nutrients in the soil?

a)

producers

b)

decomposers

c)

animals

d)

water

6.

Which of the following is an example of a predator & prey relationship?

a)

a frog eats a housefly

b)

a person eats an orange

c)

a frog eats a deer

d)

a rabbit eats grass

7.

Which animal in this food chain is an herbivore and eats only plants?

a)

wolf

b)

hedgehog

c)

fox

d)

grasshopper

8.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

energy

9.

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

a)

grass

b)

dog

c)

shark

d)

fish

10.

An animal that eats other animals is a __________.

a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
11.

An animal that eats only plants is an __________.

a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
12.

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

a)

consumers

b)

herbivores

c)

producers

d)

carnivore

13.

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

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

14.

The arrows in a food chain show the flow of __________.

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

time

15.

Which one is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

16.

Which of these organisms would RECEIVE energy from the snake?

a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
17.
Producers get their energy from the ______.
a)
water
b)
Sun
c)
eating animals
d)
eating plants
18.

Which is an example of a producer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

What is the role of a producer?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Gain energy from eating other organisms

c)

Keep other species from overpopulating

d)

Breaking down dead stuff

20.

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

21.

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Plants

22.

What is a producer?

a)

an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

b)

an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

c)

an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

d)

an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

23.

All organisms need _______________to

survive.

a)

ears

b)

eyes

c)

bones

d)

energy

24.

A consumer is an organism that eats

a)

plants only

b)

meat only

c)

both plants and meat.

d)

other organisms to survive.

25.

All plants get their energy directly from _________.

a)

other plants

b)

water.

c)

the sun.

d)

soil.

26.

Plants are _____________.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

carnivores

d)

herbivores

27.

The snail receives its energy from which organism?

a)

Thistle

b)

Garden snail

c)

Song thrush

d)

Sparrowhawk

28.

If there are no producers in a food chain what will happen?

a)

Energy cannot enter the food chain.

b)

Only the consumers will survive.

c)

Carnivores will have a larger food supply.

d)

Herbivores will be the only survivors.

29.

The organisms hunted are called _______.

a)

predators.

b)

producers.

c)

prey.

d)

all of the above.

30.

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

d)

an animal

31.

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

a)

a rock

b)

a fox

c)

a plant

d)

an egg

32.

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

d)

the organism that lives the longest

33.

What is a food chain?

a)

a diagram with animals only

b)

stages an organism goes through as it grows

c)

the place where an organism lives

d)

the path of energy in an environment

34.

Which of these best completes the food chain shown?

a)

a shark

b)

a tree

c)

a rock

d)

a bird