Non-fiction: Sample Food Chain Sample Food Chain Lettuce eaten by Rabbit Producer Consumer Worm soil created for after death, eaten by Wolf eaten by Decomposer Consumer 1
Questions: Sample Food Chain Name: Date: 1. The food chain above most likely represents a. the ocean. b. a lake. c. the woods. d. a glacier. 2. The following is a producer in this food chain: a. the sun b. lettuce c. the rabbit d. worms 3. The following is a consumer in this food chain: a. lettuce. b. the rabbit. c. the wolf. d. both b and c. 4. How would the wolf be affected if there were no lettuce? a. The wolf would have no lettuce to eat. b. The rabbits could die out and the wolves would have no rabbits to eat. c. The worms would have nothing to decompose. d. The wolf would have no worms to eat. 5. What is the role of decomposers? a. Eat the grass. b. Make sure to limit the wolf population. c. Break down carnivores such as wolves in order to create soil. d. They have no specific role. 2
Questions: Sample Food Chain 6. How would the food chain be affected if worms were taken out of it? 7. What is not a source of food for herbivores such as rabbits? 8. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. decomposing the wolf s body, the decomposers slowly transform the smaller pieces of the carnivore into soil. a. after b. because c. so d. before 9. Answer the following questions based on the sentence below. When they are hungry, rabbits eat lettuce or grass from gardens and fields in order to have energy to survive. What? (do) What? eat lettuce or grass from gardens and fields When? Why? 10. Vocabulary Word: decomposer: an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms. Use the vocabulary word in a sentence: 3
Answers: Sample Food Chain Passage Reading Level: Non-Prose Teacher Guide and Answers Featured Text Structure: Descriptive the writer explains, defines or illustrates a concept or topic Passage Summary: The passage describes a food chain using a diagram. 1. The food chain above most likely represents a. the ocean. b. a lake. c. the woods. d. a glacier. 2. The following is a producer in this food chain: a. the sun b. lettuce c. the rabbit d. worms 3. The following is a consumer in this food chain: a. lettuce b. the rabbit c. the wolf d. both b and c 4. How would the wolf be affected if there were no lettuce? a. The wolf would have no lettuce to eat. b. The rabbits could die out and the wolves would have no rabbits to eat. c. The worms would have nothing to decompose. d. The wolf would have no worms to eat. 5. What is the role of decomposers? a. Eat the grass. b. Make sure to limit the wolf population. c. Break down carnivores such as wolves in order to create soil. d. They have no specific role. 4
Answers: Sample Food Chain 6. How would the food chain be affected if worms were taken out of it? Suggested answer: If there were no worms, everything would be affected. All of the species in the food chain are dependent on each other. If one dies out, the others are affected. 7. What is not a source of food for herbivores such as rabbits? Suggested answer: Any type of meat. 8. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. decomposing the wolf s body, the decomposers slowly transform the smaller pieces of the carnivore into soil. a. after b. because c. so d. before 9. Answer the following questions based on the sentence below. When they are hungry, rabbits eat lettuce or grass from gardens and fields in order to have energy to survive. What? rabbits (do) What? eat lettuce or grass from gardens and fields When? when they are hungry Why? in order to have energy to survive 10. Vocabulary Word: decomposer: an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms. Use the vocabulary word in a sentence: answers may vary. 5