Name: ____________

Food Webs and Food Chains Worksheet

1 Look at this food chain.

lettuce greenfly ladybug thrush cat

a What does the arrow mean in a food chain? __the flow of energy__________

b Name the producer in the food chain ___lettuce_________________

c Name the third trophic level in the food chain. __ladybug_______________

d Name the tertiary consumer in the food chain. ___cat_____________

2. Look at these food chains.

grass
grass slug
slug thrush
thrush cat
cat

grass
fox cat
grass slug
slug fox
fox

grass
grass rabbit
rabbit fox
fox
thrush
grass
grass rabbit
rabbit cat
cat
slug
a Use the food chains to help you fill in
the arrows on this food web. One has
rabbit
been added for you.
grass
Use the food web to help you answer these questions.
b Name the producer in this food web. __grass_________

c Name a consumer in this food web. _______rabbit____ __________

d What eats rabbits? ____cat and fox______________

e What does a fox eat? __slug and rabbit______________

3 Look at this food web. Then answer the questions.

fox perch
heron

frog
small fish

slug newt

diving
beetle
water fleas
insect
tiny water
land plants plants

a Name two producers in the food web.

__tiny water plants and land plants__________________

b Name three consumers in the food web.

____small fish, heron, perch____________________

c Write a food chain from this food web with six trophic levels.
___tiny water plants, water fleas, diving beetle, small fish, perch,

heron.________________________________________________

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d Name the animals that the small fish eats.

___diving beetle and water fleas

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e Name the animals that eat the small fish.
_____perch and heron_________________________

f Explain what could happen to the community if all the frogs suddenly
died.
_________the fox would only have one source of food. some
populations would expand and others would decrease.
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