In a meadow, grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes. What is the grass called in this chain?

In a field, corn plants are eaten by mice, and mice are eaten by owls. Where does the energy in this chain come from first?

In a pond, algae are eaten by water fleas, and water fleas are eaten by minnows. What is the minnow in this chain?

A mushroom grows on a fallen log in a forest and slowly breaks the dead wood apart. What role does the mushroom play?

In a garden, lettuce is eaten by slugs and slugs are eaten by ground beetles. What role does the slug play here?

Bacteria and fungi in forest soil break down a dead deer. What do these decomposers give back to the forest?

Oak leaves are eaten by caterpillars, caterpillars are eaten by blue jays, and blue jays are eaten by hawks. What comes right after the caterpillar?

In a food chain drawing, an arrow points from the grass to the rabbit. What does that arrow show?

In a marsh, cattails are eaten by muskrats and muskrats are eaten by mink. Which organism gets its energy last?

In a grassland, grass is eaten by zebras and zebras are eaten by lions. Where does a lion get its energy?

Energy in a food chain flows one way, starting at the producer and passing to the animals that eat.

In a chain where corn is eaten by mice and mice are eaten by owls, the mice are both consumers and prey.

A pond snake eats frogs, so losing every frog in the pond would not change the snake's food supply.

A chipmunk gathers sunflower seeds in a backyard. Which animal is most likely to eat the chipmunk next in the chain?

In a meadow, grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes. What happens if every fox leaves the meadow?

Algae are eaten by water fleas, water fleas by minnows, and minnows by bass. What happens to the bass if the water fleas die off?

In the ocean, kelp is eaten by sea urchins and sea urchins are eaten by sea otters. What happens if the kelp disappears?

In a field, corn is eaten by mice and mice are eaten by owls. What happens to the mice if many more owls move into the field?

In a pond, snails scrape algae off the rocks and sunfish eat the snails. What happens to the algae if the sunfish are removed?

A farmer clears every weed from a field where mice fed on the weed seeds. What happens to the hawks that hunt those mice?