Food Chains & Food Webs

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

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What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

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What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Organisms

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What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead things

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What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food 
• Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
• Break down dead stuff
• Add nutrients to the soil

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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Which of these organisms would RECEIVE energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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Which of the following is a producer?

• Maple tree
• Sunfish
• Bunny
• Bear

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Producers get their energy from the ______.

• water
• Sun
• eating animals
• eating plants

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• cat, grass, bird, snail
• bird, snail, grass, cat
• grass, snail, bird, cat
• grass, cat, bird, snail

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