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Food Chains
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a producer? | Organism that makes their own food (PLANTS) |
| What is a consumer? | Any organism that eats |
| What is a decomposer? | Organism that break down dead plants, and animals (worms, mold, bacteria, fungus) |
| What is a herbivore? | A consumer that eats only plants |
| What is a carnivore? | A consumer that eats only meat. |
| What is an omnivore? | A consumer that eats both plants and meat. |
| What is a predator? | An animal that hunts and eats prey |
| What is a prey? | An animal that is hunted and eaten |
| What is an example of a decomposer and why is it important? | Mold, worms, fungus, bacteria. They help things decay |
| Which is an example of a consumer- grass, a bird, the sun or a tree | Bird |
| What is a living thing that can make its own food. | producer |
| What is an example of a producer- sun, a mouse, corn or a coyote? | Corn |
| Use the following animals to make an ocean food chain- shark, plankton, fish, seal | plankton->fish->seal->shark |
| What is an animal that eats only plants | herbivore |
| What is an animal that eats only meat | carnivore |
| What is an animal that eats both plants and meat? | omnivore |
| What is an animal that kills and eats other animals | predator |
| What is an animal that is eaten and hunted? | prey |
| Which is a predator in the following food chain? sun->plants->insects->bat | Bat, the bat eats the insects. |
| Which of the following would be prey to a fox? rabbit, tiger, bobcat, berries | rabbit |
| What is the main source of energy for most food chains | sun |
| Use the following items to make a pond food chain. raccon, fish, mosquito larva, algae | algae->mosquito larva ->fish -> raccoon |
| Use the following organisms to make a grassland food chain. rat, snake, grass, hawk, grasshopper | grass->grasshopper->rat->snake->hawk |
| Use the following items to make a correct food chain sequence, plants, owl, mouse, sun | sun->plants->mouse->owl |
| Heather's has a pet lizard that eats insects. Which of these does not need to be in the lizard's cage. -clean water, grasshoppers, air or plants | plants |
| If a pond has become polluted and all the plants are dying, how will the predators in the pond be affected? | The predators will not have enough food, so they may die too. |