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Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A food chain is a series of plants and animals in which the weakest, smallest, and youngest are the ones in charge. They outwit the older, stronger plants and animals to get their food first and have the very best of whatever food is available.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which would be considered a primary consumer?
  1. Plants
  2. Herbivore
  3. Large carnivore
  4. Small carnivore
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Predators have eyes to the side.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A lion can be an herbivore.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Kestrels are predator birds that feed on mice. What would happen to the kestrel population if there were plenty of mice to feed on?
  1. It would increase.
  2. It would remain the same.
  3. It would decrease.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which would be considered a secondary consumer?
  1. Small carnivore
  2. Plants
  3. Herbivore
  4. Large carnivore
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which would be considered a tertiary consumer?
  1. Herbivore
  2. Large carnivore
  3. Plants
  4. Small carnivore
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
An algae is considered the primary producer in a food chain.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Lions, tigers, and other big cats are                 predators.
  1. affordable
  2. dominant
  3. apron
  4. apex
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
The original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems is the carbon dioxide.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
The       Sun       is the original source of energy in an ecosystem.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Food Web Without Text Labels

a) Draw arrows on the diagram to show how energy moves from between the organisms.

b) Which organism on the diagram is a producer?

c) Which organism on the diagram is a decomposer?

d) Identify one consumer on the diagram.

e) What would be the primary energy source for this ecosystem?

f) Which is name of the ecosystem that is best represented by the food web diagram: RAINFOREST, PRAIRIE, MARINE, or TUNDRA?

g) If a grasshopper was introduced into this food web, between which two organisms would it belong?

h) Describe in a sentence or two, what changes may occur in this food web if a drought impacts its ecosystem.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Plants are             producers             because they make their own food. Humans are             consumers             because they cannot make their own food and need to eat other living things to survive.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
In a food chain the arrows show the                     flow of energy                    .
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Why is photosynthesis important for humans and animals?
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
What are decomposers and what is their role?
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
What is a consumer?
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
The job of a decomposer is to                                           Break down tissues of dead organisms                                          .
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
            Omnivores            are animals that eat both plants and animals.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
What is an autotroph?
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