Food Webs and Chains

If there were a fire in the grasslands, what change would likely occur in the food web there?

• There would be an increase in consumers

• Producers would need to find a new energy source

• Animals that eat plants would move away or starve

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Select the different types of consumers below:

• Producer

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• None of the above

Every food chain begins with energy from the _______.

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

• How carnivores get their food. 

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 

• They may eat more than one other organism. 

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 

• They have no resources available to them.

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The group of organisms found in a food web with the largest amount of ENERGY would be:

• Primary Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Tertiary Consumers

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

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The fox in this food web would be considered a:

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

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The mouse in this food web would be considered a:

• Primary Consumer

• Producer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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