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WorksheetsFlow of Energy: Food Webs
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 4mins
An organism that is unable to make its own food. Obtains nutrients and energy by consuming (eating) other organisms.
producer
consumer
decomposer
An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
Consumer
decomposer
producer
A plant is a producer because .........
it makes its own food
it gets its nutrients from other organisms
How does the food chain start?
Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.
Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.
Animals like rats eat insects.
Humans eat large animals and plant life.
How do consumers get energy to live?
They make their own food from the soil.
They break down decaying matter.
They make their own food from the sun.
They eat other plants and animals.
Due to the fact that plants can make their own food using photosynthesis, what are plants considered in food chains?
omnivores
consumbers
producers
carnivores
Plants are called _________________ because they produce, or make, food energy (glucose)
producers
primary consumers
secondary consumers
tertiary consumers
Animals are called ________________ because they must consume (eat) other organisms for food energy.
producers
mean
consumers
decomposers
On this food chain, the plant is the _______________.
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
In this food chain, the owl is the ____________.
producer
primary consumer
(first consumer)
secondary consumer
(second consumer)
tertiary consumer
(third consumer)
In this food chain, the mouse is the _____________.
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
In this food chain, the beetle is the ________.
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
In a food chain, what do the the arrows represent?
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Flow of energy
Death
