Food Chain Fundamentals
Explore the basics of food chains, identifying producers, consumers, and decomposers, and understanding energy flow.
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Food Chain Fundamentals
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
Observe the food chain diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
1. What is the primary source of energy for almost all food chains?
Water
The Sun
Soil
Wind
2. An organism that produces its own food is called a:
Consumer
Decomposer
Producer
Herbivore
3. Animals that eat only plants are called .
4. Organisms that break down dead plants and animals are called .
5. A food chain shows how flows from one living thing to another.
6. All food chains begin with a consumer.
True
False
7. A hawk that eats a snake is a primary consumer.
True
False
8. Describe the role of a producer in a food chain.
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