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Date: 03/10/26
Science Test: Food Chain
Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks using the word blank below.
Producers
consumers
food chain
Decomposers
carnivores
omnivores
herbivores
1. _______________________ break down dead plants and animals.
2. ______________________ are animals that only eat meat.
3. ______________________ can eat both plants and animals.
4. A ____________________ shows how energy moves from one living thing to another.
5. A living thing thing that only eats plants is called a(n) _____________________.
6. A ___________________ makes their own food while a ____________________ cannot
make their own food so they must eat plants or other animals to survive.
-7. List two examples of omnivores.
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8. List two examples of herbivores.
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9. List two examples of carnivores.
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10. List two examples of decomposers.
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11. List two examples of producers.
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12. Give two examples of a food chain using arrows to point who eats whom.
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b. ________________________________________________________________
13. What are the three things producers need to make their own food? Answer in complete
sentences.
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14. What do food chains always start with?
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15. Why are decomposers important in the food chain?
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16. What are the three types of consumers?
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