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Which living things can make their own food?
Which living things can make their own food?
- Phytoplankton (correct)
- Sea otters
- Sharks
- Bacteria
What are consumers?
What are consumers?
- Living things that make their own food
- Living things that only eat the waste or dead bodies of other creatures
- Living things that can't make their own food (correct)
- Living things that produce heat and waste
What are decomposers?
What are decomposers?
- Living things that only eat the waste or dead bodies of other creatures (correct)
- Living things that make their own food
- Living things that can't make their own food
- Living things that produce heat and waste
Which of the following best describes the flow of energy in a food chain?
Which of the following best describes the flow of energy in a food chain?
Why is it important for a food chain to start with a producer?
Why is it important for a food chain to start with a producer?
Why is there only about 10% of energy transferred from one member of the food chain to the next?
Why is there only about 10% of energy transferred from one member of the food chain to the next?
Why is it important to protect shark populations in the ocean?
Why is it important to protect shark populations in the ocean?
True or false: Sharks are the only animals in the ocean that eat other living creatures?
True or false: Sharks are the only animals in the ocean that eat other living creatures?
True or false: Producers in a food chain get their energy from the sunlight and nutrients in the environment?
True or false: Producers in a food chain get their energy from the sunlight and nutrients in the environment?
True or false: Decomposers are living things that make their own food?
True or false: Decomposers are living things that make their own food?
True or false: The food chain always starts with a consumer.
True or false: The food chain always starts with a consumer.
True or false: Only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one member of the food chain to the next.
True or false: Only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one member of the food chain to the next.
True or false: The energy in sunlight is harnessed by consumers to make food.
True or false: The energy in sunlight is harnessed by consumers to make food.
True or false: A food web is a more realistic representation of the interactions between organisms in an ecosystem compared to a food chain.
True or false: A food web is a more realistic representation of the interactions between organisms in an ecosystem compared to a food chain.
