1/25 Food Chain Assignment

Name the herbivore in this food chain:

• sun

• grass

• grasshopper

• frog

Name the organism that recycles nutrients back into the soil to continue the energy flow:

• hawk

• fungi

• snake

• grass

• sunlight

Name the organism that makes its own energy in this food chain:

• predator

• zooplankton

• fish larvae

• phytoplankton

Which organism receives the LEAST energy in this food chain?

• Algae

• zooplankton

• shark

• squid

• small fish

Name the 3rd (tertiary) consumer in this food chain:

• snapper fish

• macherel

• zooplankton

• small fish

• large shark

Name the organism that depends (eats) on the primary consumer for its energy needs:

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• small fish

• mackerel

• snapper fish

Which organism in this food chain receives 100% energy/MOST energy?

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• large shark

• snapper fish that eats all day

• humans

Name the primary consumer in this food chain:

• cactus

• ant

• snake

• fox

An example diet of a herbivore would be which of the following:

• breaking down dead matter/ organisms

• eating frogs and crickets

• eating seeds and grasses

• eating seaweed and shrimp

Examples of decomposers that break down dead organisms would be:

• weeds, grasses, shrubs

• scavengers: vulture and hyena

• bacteria and fungi

• lizards, mice and insects