Food Chains/Energy flow

What does a food chain show?

• How seeds grow into new plants

• How energy passes from one living thing to another

• How rainfall changes the environment

• How nonliving things interact with each other

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What gives the hawk energy in this food chain?

• Sunlight

• The plant

• The mouse

• The snake

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Which of these describes the flow of energy from one organism to another organism?

• A) A wolf feeds on a deer. Energy flows from the wolf to the deer.

• B) An owl eats a mouse. Energy flows from the mouse to the owl.

• C) A bear feeds on salmon. Energy flows from the bear to the salmon.

• D) A rabbit eats clover. Energy flows from the clover to the rabbit.

• E) A grasshopper eats grass. Energy flows from the grasshopper to the grass.

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When grasshoppers disappear from this food chain ​ (a)   will thrive but (b)   will suffer first because their food supply disappears.

• bluebirds
• snakes
• owls
• grass

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• 4,2,1,3

• 2,1,4,3

• 3,2,4,1

• 1,3,4,2

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When a flood covers a grassland, the grass will ​ (a)   . Squirrels food supply will​ (b)   Dear and birds will likely ​ (c)  

• suffer
• decrease
• migrate
• increase
• stay

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Which organism is typically at the base of a food chain?

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Predator

• Consumer

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In a food chain, what is the primary source of energy?

• Water

• Sunlight

• Soil

• Air

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Label this food chain

c

d

b

e

a

secondary consumer

sun

producer

primary consumer

decomposer

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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