Crash Course Kids Fabulous Food Chains

A spider monkey is an important part of its rainforest ecosystem. It helps plants grow by

• pooping out seeds after it eats fruit.

• digging holes and planting seeds.

• carrying fruit to different areas of the rainforest.

• throwing plants at other monkeys that it doesn't like.

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Food webs are delicate. If one species in a food web goes away, it could cause

• food to taste differently

• not enough for for other plants and animals

• the sun to fall out of the sky

• humans to become extinct

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We read some articles about how Burmese pythons are invasive in Florida. How are these pythons affecting the food web in Everglades National Park in southern Florida?

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Fungi and bacteria are important parts of an ecosystem because they are

• fun guys to hang out and party with

• the top of the food chain

• decomposers that help break things down

• they produce oxygen for plants to survive

The flow of energy between living things is often described as _____

• the water cycle

• a food chain

• the carbon cycle

• an ecosystem

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A food chain is a model that shows how energy flows between _____

• plants and bugs

• living things

• Earth's spheres

• bears and monsters

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All of the energy that's in a food chain starts with _____

• decomposers

• plants

• animals

• the sun

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In the example from the video, what was at the top of the food chain?

• the sun

• grass

• a rabbit

• a hawk 

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Which animal is often said to be at the "top of the food chain"?

• raccoons

• bugs

• hawks

• humans

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What role do producers play in a food chain?

• They decompose organic material.

• They produce energy through photosynthesis.

• They consume other organisms for energy.

• They are at the top of the food chain.

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