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I Depend on You
Let's Eat!
Working on a Chain Gang
Eat, Drink, and be Merry
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Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food? A. Carbon dioxide B. Oxygen C. sunlight D. Water
C. sunlight
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Green plants, which make their own food?
Producers
100
Movement of food energy in a series of organisms
food chain
100
Animals that eat only meat
carnivore
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From where does a first-level consumer get most of its energy? A. predators B. producers C. second-level consumers D. top-level consumers
B. producers
200
Animals, which cannot make their own food
consumers
200
An environment that meets the needs of an organism
habitat
200
Which animal is a carnivore? A. cow B. lion C. mouse D. rabbit
B. lion
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What is an environment that meets the needs of an organism? A. energy pyramid B. food chain C. food web D. habitat
D. habitat
300
Consumers that eat prey
carnivores
300
What is the term for food chain that overlap? A. consumer B. extinction C. food web D. producer
C. food web
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Which organism is not an omnivore? A. hyena B. lion C. bear D. human
B. lion
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What is the term for the role that each living thing has in its habitat? A. fossil B. food web C. niche D. prey
C. niche
400
Animals that eat only plants
herbivores
400
Living things that feed on the wastes and remains of plants and animals
decomposers
400
Miguel is writing a report about producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Which of the following is a false statement that he should not include in his report? A. Producers eat consumers. B. Herbivores eat only plants, or producers. C. Omnivores eat both plants and other animals.
A. Producers eat consumers.
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How does a food pyramid show that carnivores depend on green plants?
Carnivores eat other consumers that eat the green plants. If there were no green plants, there would not be any consumers for the carnivores to eat.
500
GRAIN-MOUSE-OWL This is a simple food chain. Which organism is the producer? Which organism is the first-level consumer? Explain.
The grain is the producer because it makes its own food. The first- level consumer is the mouse because the mouse eats the producer.
500
Joan saw a mushrooms growing in the stump of a dead tree. What could Joan infer about the role of the mushroom?
The mushroom is a decomposer. It is feeding on the dead stump. It will help to break down the stump and the nutrients will become part of the soil.
500
How would you compare the diet of a carnivore to the diet of a herbivore?
A carnivore eats other consumers. Therefore, carnivores only eat meat. Herbivore eat producers. Therefore, they only eat plants.