Quiz on Food Chains and Ecosystems

What do plants rely on to have energy to survive?

• Soil, water, and the sun

• Animals and insects

• Decomposers

• Other plants

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What is a food chain?

• A process where animals eat plants only

• A description of how different organisms eat each other, starting with a plant and ending with an animal

• A cycle where animals eat each other without involving plants

• A system where only one type of organism is eaten by another

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Which of the following is an example of a food chain?

• Grass --> Zebra --> Lion

• Lion --> Zebra --> Grass

• Grass --> Grasshopper --> Frog

• Eagle --> Snake --> Frog

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What are producers in a food chain?

• Animals that eat plants and other animals

• Organisms that eat decaying matter

• Plants that produce energy for the ecosystem

• Animals that eat other animals

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How do producers make their own energy?

• Through consumption of other plants

• By absorbing energy from the soil

• Through photosynthesis

• By eating animals

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What are consumers in a food chain?

• Plants that produce energy

• Animals that produce energy

• Animals that use energy by eating plants or other animals

• Organisms that decompose dead matter

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

• They produce energy from sunlight

• They eat living plants and animals

• They consume primary consumers

• They break down decaying matter and return nutrients to the soil

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Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Eagle

• Zebra

• Worm

• Lion

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What is the role of grass in the food chain provided in the example?

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

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Why is there usually more grass than zebras, and more zebras than lions in an ecosystem?

• Because lions are at the top of the food chain and need less food

• Because energy is lost as you move through the food chain

• Because zebras reproduce more quickly than grass

• Because grass consumes more energy than zebras and lions

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