Food Chain

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead stuff 

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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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Which type of consumer eats plants only?

• Herbivores
• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Scavengers

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Plants

Which of the following is a list of producers?

• Maple tree, sunflower, grass

• Sunfish, apple tree, ferns

• moss, bunny, water

• tulips, Bears, snakes

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• cat, grass, bird, snail
• bird, snail, grass, cat
• grass, snail, bird, cat
• grass, cat, bird, snail

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Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers
• food chains

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