Vocabulary
Food Chains
Food Chains cont.
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What is prey?
The living organism being hunted
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What is at the very bottom of a food chain?
The sun
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Where does a producer get its energy from?
The Sun
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Ms. Hindman found living organisms in her backyard. Which of the following cannot produce their own food?
A. Butterfly
B. Banana tree
C. Lilacs
D. Daisies
A. Butterfly
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What is a predator
The living organism that is hunting for nutrients
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What are animals that create their own food called on a food chain
Producer
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What conclusion can you make from the food chain?
A. The wolf creates its own energy
B. The rabbit doesn't get energy from the producer
C. The grass eats the rabbit
D. The energy from the rabbit is transferred to the wolf.
D. The energy from the rabbit is transferred to the wolf
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A food chain is shown below
Sun--> Grass--> Grasshopper--> Frog--> Snake
Which conclusion can be made from the food chain above?
A. The grasshopper gets absolutely no energy from the grass
B. The Snake is a producer
C. The frog gives its energy to the snake
D. The frog gets its energy from the snake
C. The frog gives it's energy to the snake
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What is an Herbivore?
An animal that eats only plants for nutrients
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What is it called when a living thing eats the producer
primary consumer
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Which of the following is true about animals?
A. All animals are producers
B. All animals are consumers
C. All animals are carnivores
D. All animals are omnivores
B. All animals are consumers
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What do arrows in a food chain represent?
Energy being transferred
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What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals for nutrients
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What is a living thing that gets energy by eating primary consumers called?
Secondary Consumers
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Name an example of an omnivore, herbivore, and carnivore
Answers may vary
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Carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores are all part of food chains. Which answer choice shows a correct order of energy movement through a food chain?
A.Sun --> Carnivore --> Producer--> Herbivore
B. Sun--> Producer--> Herbivore--> Omnivore
C. Omnivore --> Herbivore--> Carnivore --> Sun
D. Sun --> Producer --> Carnivore --> Omnivore
B. Sun--> Producer--> Herbivore--> Omnivore
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What is a Carnivore?
An animal that eats other animals for nutrients
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What are living things that eat secondary consumers called?
Tertiary Consumers
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What are living things that break down dead things for food?
Decomposers
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Name an example of a decomposer
bacteria, mushrooms, any fungi