Food Chains and Food Webs

True/False

100

The arrowhead in a food chain shows the direction energy is moving

true

200

A primary consumer is an apex predator 

false

300

humans are producers

false, we are consumers

400

decomposers break down dead plants and animals

true

500

decomposers can go and hunt plants and animals

false, they ONLY consumer dead plant and animal matter as they break it down

Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore predator or prey?

100

what type of animal is a koala?

Hint: They only eat eucalyptus leaves

a herbivore

200

What type of animal is an antelope?

Hint: They eat grass, shrubs and get stalked by lions.

herbivore and prey

300

What type of animal is a killer whale?

Hint: They eat seals

Carnivore and predator

400

What type of animal is a brown bear?

Hint: They eat fish, small mammals, berries and other plants. 

predator and omnivore

500

What type of animal is a snake? 

Hint: They like to eat frogs and mice, but need to hide from hawks

carnivore, and both a predator and prey

Producer, primary, secondary or tertiary consumers and decomposers

100

What type of living thing is a tree? 

Choose out of the following: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer or deomposer

producer

200

What type of living thing is an earthworm?

Choose out of the following: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer or deomposer

decomposer

300

Look at the following food chain:

grass -> grasshopper -> frog

What type of living thing is the grasshopper? 

Choose out of the following: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer

primary consumer

400

in the following food chain, what type of living thing is the wolf?

grass --> grasshopper -->rat --> wolf

Choose out of the following: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer

tertiary consumer
(Apex predator)

500

in the following food chain what type of living thing is the small fish?

algae --> shrimp -->small fish -->large fish 

Choose out of the following: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer

secondary consumer

Food Chains

100

in the following food chain, who is eating the plant?

Flower-->butterfly -->lizard --> snake

butterfly

200

in the following food chain, who is eating the lizard

Flower-->butterfly -->lizard --> snake

snake

300

complete the following food chain in the African Savanna

grass--> antelope --> ???

lion or hyena etc

400

complete the food chain:

Algae --> shrimp -->   ??    --> seal -->  ??

small fish,  shark 

or any reasonable answer

500

plants are the first living thing in any food chain. Where do they get their energy?

the sun

Random

100

complete the sentence:

Food webs show two or _____________ food chains in a particular environment. 

more

200

a cold blooded animal that has scales and gills is probably a what?

fish!

300

when you can barely see the moon, what is this phase called? 

new moon

400

what is the name of the tallest mountain above sea level?

Mount Everest

500

what keeps you on the ground?

gravity