Food Chain/Web Quiz

Grass is the base of the food chain because it is a producer. A producer can _____________.

• Eat meat

• Make its own food

• Eat any food

• Make air

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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The grasshopper has to eat the grass in order to get energy. This means the grasshopper is a(n) __________________________________________.

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The mouse eats the grasshopper. In this food chain, the mouse is a ___________________because it ate another animal.

• producer

• herbivore

• consumer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In a different food chain, the mouse might eat the seeds of a plant. Because a mouse can eat plants and animals, it is classified as a(n) ________________________________________.

• ominivore

• hervivore

• decomposer

• carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The owl hunts at night and eats the mouse. The owl is an example of ___________________________________________________________.

• omnivore

• hervivore

• decomposer

• carnivore

Which of the following are the producers in the food web?

• Grasshoppers and crickets

• Marsh grasses and cattails

• Hawks and snakes

• Shrews and Frogs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which two animals does the hawk eat according to this food web?

• Shrews and snakes

• Shrews and frogs

• Snakes and frogs

• Shrews and Crickets

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select a sequence of one food chain represented in this food web, starting with a producer.

• marsh grass, crickets, shrews, snakes

• marsh grass, grosshoppers, frogs, hawks

• cattails, crickets, frogs, hawks

• cattails, crickets, shrews, hawks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following are considered a primary consumer? (can be more than one)

• grasshopper

• shrew

• hawk

• crickets

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What would the shortest food chain consist of?

• one producer and a consumer

• one consumer and a decomposer

• one producer and a decomposer

• one producer