Food Chains, Food Webs and Energy Pyramids

An animal that eats only other animals

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• producer

An animal that eats only plants

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• fox

Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• sunlight

• water

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What is the term for food chains that overlap

• consumer

• food web

• extinction

• producers

What is the name for consumers that are eaten by other consumers?

• prey

• fossils

• predators

• carnivores

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What type of organism is at the beginning of every food chain?

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

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What does a food chain show?

• how producers use sunlight to make food energy

• how living things depend on each other for food

• where resources are found in a habitat

• why plant and animal matter break down

This diagram shows how energy flows through an eco-system. What is the first source of energy in this pyramid?

• sharks and large birds

• algae, plankton and seagrass

• herbivorous fish, crustaceans and sea urchins

• seals and carnivorous fish

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Several owls live in a forest. The owls prey on mice. Hawks also prey on mice. Which might happen if several hawks move to the forest where the owls live?

• The number of owls will increase, and the number of hawks will decrease.

• The number of mice will increase, and the number of owls will decrease.

• The number of owls and hawks will increase.

• The number of owls and mice will decrease.

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