Food web Food Chain

What organisms are at the base of a food chain?

• Producers (plants)

• Consumers (eaters)

• Decomposers (recyclers)

What type of organism produces its own food?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• decomposer

How do heterotrophs get their food(energy)?

• Heterotrophs get their food by eating other organisms

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  Heterotrophs get their food by osmosis.

• Heterotrophs get their food by making their own.

• Heterotrophs get their food by photosynthesis.

In which direction do the arrows in a food chain point?

• The arrows in a food chain point toward the organism doing the eating.

• The arrows in a food chain point toward the sun

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  The arrows in a food chain point to the organism being eaten.

MOST of the energy produced is lost as.....or used as energy for the cell.

• heat

• water

• oxygen

What is the APEX PREDATOR in this food chain?

• grass

• grasshopper

• frog

• snake

What can happen when an apex predator is removed from the food chain?

• What can happen when an apex predator is removed from the food chain?

• When an apex predator is removed from the food chain all other species benefit.

• When an apex predator is removed from the food chain its prey can overpopulate.

What is a food web?

Which has more biodiversity (variations)?

• food web

• food chain

Give examples of a decomposer