Mystery Science Unit 1 Web of Life

What is a food chain?

• many different food chains found in one place

• living things that produce their own food

• how living things are connected through what they eat and what they are eaten by

• a living thing that eats other living things

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What is matter?

• an animal that is hunted by and eaten by other animals

• a living thing that makes its own food

• the movement of material through an ecosystem such as through food chains and food webs

• anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas

An animal that eats both plants and animals is a _____________

• omnivore
• carnivore

• herbivore

• prey

An animal that eats only plants is a _____________

• prey

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

A carnivore eats ________________________

• only plants

• only other animals

• both plants and animals

• nothing

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What is a prey?

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• an animal that only eats plants

• a living thing that makes its own food

• an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal

What is a fair test?

• when all the variables are changed

• when only 1 variable is changed (IV)

• when all the variables stay the same (CV)

• only when the hypothesis is correct

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A consumer ____________

• eats other living things

• makes its own food

• breaks down dead plants and animals

• does nothing important

Many different food chains in one place is called ______________

• energy flow

• matter flow

• food web

• producer

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The movement of material through an ecosystem, such as through food chains and food webs is _____________

• free flow

• matter

• photosynthesis

• matter flow

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