5.9B Food Webs

Using the table match the following animals to correct statement

• Gets energy from the sun to make its own food (producer)

• Grass

• mouse and grasshopper compete for this producer

• Snake

• Gets energy from the grasshopper

• Tree

• Gets energy from the mouse and deer

• Frog

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Which answer choice shows the correct way energy is transferred through a food chain in the food web?

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Decomposers like mushrooms get energy by –

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Mold, fungi, and some types of bacteria are classified as decomposers. What is the role of a decomposer in a food web?

• break down waste and dead organisms

• use sunlight and water to produce their own food

• release oxygen into the atmosphere for respiration

• to provide the energy animals need for food

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The diagram shows a pond food web. What two organisms get their energy directly from insect larvae?

• algae and minnows

• sunfish and bass

• minnows and sunfish

• snails and snapping turtles

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The diagram shows a woodlands food chain. What is the role of the tree in the food chain?

Sun → Tree → Squirrel → Hawk

• make energy available directly to the Hawk

• To use Sun's energy to produce food

• to break down waste left by squirrels

• to provide a place for the hawk to build it's nest

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The diagram shows a food web. What is the original source for all the energy in this food web?

• Algae

• Sun

• Minnows

• Insect Larvae

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Which organism gets its energy directly from a producer?

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The diagram shows an incomplete food chain. Draw what would best complete this food chain?

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The diagram shows a prairie food web. Which organism in the food web would be classified as a producer?

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• Plant Seeds
• Deer
• Squirrel
• Field Mouse

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