SEV1b Food chains and food webs question bank

An example of a decomposer is a _______.

• butterfly
• bear
• plant
• worm

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These organisms break down dead things.

• Consumers
• Producers
• Decomposers
• Rotters

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Plants are considered _________ because they make their own food.

• consumers
• producers
• makers
• decomposers

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The overlapping of food chains results in a ________.

• woven chain
• braided chain
• food web
• food nest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is the ultimate source of energy on Earth.

• Heat
• Fire
• Electricity
• The sun

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A grasshopper that eats the seeds of a plant is considered to be a _____________.

• producer
• decomposer
• consumer
• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food pyramid is shown to represent the transfer of energy in a food chain. Label the amount of energy available to each trophic level if producers have 10,000 kJ of energy.

e

g

f

10 kJ

1,000 kJ

1 kJ

900 kJ

100,000 kJ

9 kJ

100 kJ

9000 kJ

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A food web is a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond an ecosystem.

Label the roles that each organism plays in this forest food web

e

d

c

b

a

producer

primary consumer

secondary consumer

tertiary consumer

decomposer

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A food chain is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships between a producer ( (a)   ), and consumers (​ (b)   ).  There are several types of consumers. ​ (c)   eat only plants. ​ (d)   eat other animals. Omnivores eat both plants and animals. ​ (e)   are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds meaning they recycle matter.

• autotrophs
• heterotrophs
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Decomposers

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In the ecological pyramid circle every word that applies, or describes each trophic level.

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