The Food Chain

The Food Chain

3rd Grade

10 Qs

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The Food Chain

The Food Chain

Assessment

Quiz

Science

3rd Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS1-6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Nanci Zuniga

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

According to the text, what is an organism that breaks down deceased animals into tiny pieces?

A carnivore

An herbivore

A producer

A decomposer

Answer explanation

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down deceased animals into tiny pieces. For example: worms.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the author list in the text?

All types of producers, their location, and examples of producers.

Different types of food chains, their locations, and animals in them.

Vocabulary words, their definitions, and examples of the words.

definitions of consumers, their locations, and examples of consumers.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentences from the text,

When an animal dies, decomposers break apart the animal, returning nutrients back into the environment. These nutrients then feed plants (the producers), which completes the life cycle.

When animals are decomposed, parts of them become nutrients that go in the ground and feed plants.

Decomposers are the most skilled hunters in the food chain because they have no other way to eat.

Decomposers begin the life cylce of the food chain because they are the first step in the process.

When an animal is decomposed, a carnivore must eat the decomposer to complete the life cycle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Based on the text, what role do omnivores play in the food chain?

Omnivores are the most important part of the food chain because they eat more than one part.

Omnivores are most like decomposers because they also eat meat from the dead animals.

Omnivores are both primary and secondary consumers because they eat plants and animals.

Omnivores are the least effective consumers because they eat both producers and consumers.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main idea of the text?

Decomposers are the last part of the food chain because they break apart dead animals.

The food chain is a cycle of nutrients in the environment made up of producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Consumers eat plants or meat, and they can be primary of secondary.

Producers are at the top of the food chain because primary consumers eat producers to begin the cylce.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentences from the text.

All food chains begin with a producer. A producer is usually a type of plant. The producer is then eaten by a consumer. There are two main types of consumers: Primary and secondary. Herbivores are primary consumers. They eat plants. Carnivores, secondary consumers, eat primary consumers.

As used in these sentences, what does the word "primary" most nearly mean?

Last

Third

Second

First

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Nutrients from deceased animals and plants feed producers, ____ completes the cycle of the food chain.

after

which

becuase

despite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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