Producers & Consumers
What do we call an organism that can produce their own food?
Producers
What are the three groups that an organism can fall under?
Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivores
What do decomposers do?
Decomposers break-down and receive energy from decaying material
What is a food chain?
The process by which energy passes from one living thing to another.
What do we call an organism that cannot produce their own food?
Consumer
An animal, like a bear, that eats both plants and animals is a..
Omnivores
What are three types of decomposers?
Mold, Bacteria, and Mushrooms.
What is a food web?
A food web combines many food chains, to illustrate how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What are the two most common producers?
Plants and algae
An animal that only eats plants is a...
herbavore
True or False
Decomposers are living organisms?
True
What is the energy source for a producer?
The sun/some form of light.
What is the process that plants use to produce their food, by using the energy from the sun?
Photosynthesis
An animal that only eats other consumers is a...
Carnivore
How do decomposers get their energy/food?
From breaking down other organisms like plants and animals
If one animal disappeared in a food web, what would happen to the other animals?
The other animals would die because there is not enough food or move to another place where there is more food.
What is the green substance found in plants that allow plants to conduct photosysthesis?
Chlorophyll
True or False
A herbavore can be consider a producer
False
What do decomposers release into the soil and what organisms benefit from this?
Decomposers release nutrients into the soil, which are then used by plants.
For a 1500 points illustrate a food web that occures in a single ecosystem.
[MUST BE A FOOD WEB NOT FOOD CHAIN]
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