Food Chain Fundamentals
Explore the basics of food chains, identifying producers, consumers, and decomposers in various ecosystems.
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Food Chain Fundamentals
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Look at the food chain diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the role of the grass in the food chain shown above?
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Prey
2. Which animal is a primary consumer in this food chain?
Snake
Grasshopper
Eagle
Grass
3. Plants are called because they make their own food.
4. Animals that eat other animals are called .
5. A food chain shows how energy moves from one living thing to .
6. All food chains start with a consumer.
True
False
7. Decomposers break down dead plants and animals.
True
False
8. What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?
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