5.9B Food Webs

Types of Organisms Found in Food Webs

Groups:

(a) Producer

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(b) Consumer

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(c) Decomposer

• Returns nutrients to the soil

• earthworms

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• grass

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• Gets energy by eating other organisms

• mushrooms

• omnivore

• bushes

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• Makes own food using energy from the sun

• trees

• herbivore

• 
• carnivore

• bacteria

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Which organism is an herbivore?

• egret

• shrimp

• snail

• cattail

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Which organism is an omnivore?

• egret

• shrimp

• snail

• cattail

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Which organism is a producer?

• egret

• shrimp

• snail

• cattail

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Which of the following is an animal that only eats other animals?

• carnivore

• scavenger

• herbivore

• omnivore

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A skunk is an omnivore because it--

• feeds on insects, mice, berries, and nuts

• can be eaten by hawks and owls

• breaks down dead animals

• is able to make its own food

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Where does most of the energy on Earth come from?

• The Sun

• Inside the Earth

• The water cycle

• The wind

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What is the producer in this food chain?

• sun

• lizard

• grass

• hawk

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How does an herbivore get the energy it needs to survive?

• It makes its own food.

• It eats plants.

• It eats other animals.

• It eats both plants and animals.

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Draw the arrows in the direction that shows the flow of energy.

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