PRODUCERS
What is an example of a producer?
Any green plant - answers will vary
What is an example of a consumer?
Answers vary
What is an example of a decomposer?
Answers vary
What is the simple word that explains something obtaining and using energy?
Eating
How does a producer obtain its energy?
From the sun; through photosynthesis
How does a consumer obtain energy?
By eating producers or other consumers
How does a decomposer obtain its energy?
Breaking down dead plant and animal matter
What symbol do we use to show energy being passed on from one organism to another? Explain.
An arrow; pointing from the organism that is giving the energy to the organism that is receiving the energy
Explain the process of photosynthesis
The process where a plant converts energy from the sun, water, and carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll into glucose (sugar)
There are 3 types of consumers, what are they?
Herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
or
primary, secondary, or tertiary
What decomposer can grow on bread?
Mold
What are the four things we need energy for?
1. Growth
2. Body repair
3. Body warmth
4. Movement
(no particular order)
Why are producers important for other living things?
The food chain starts here; answers vary
How does a primary consumer obtain its energy?
By eating producers
Is a decomposer always after the tertiary consumer? Why or why not?
It can be after any part of the food chain - as long as the organism is dead and/or decaying, then the decomposer will be next in the chain
Explain what would happen if the population of mice drastically decreased? Explain.
Sun --> Grass --> Grasshopper --> Mouse --> Owl
The population of grasshoppers would increase because there are less mice to eat them. The population of owls would decrease because there are less mice to eat. The grass would become sparse in areas due to the growing amounts of grasshoppers.
Which plant is both a producer and a consumer?
A venus fly trap
Can a second level consumer be an herbivore? Why or why not?
A secondary consumer cannot be an herbivore because it is third in line in the food chain. The primary consumer is the herbivore. The secondary consumer eats the primary consumer, which is another animal.
How does a decomposer help producers?
They return nutrients back into the soil
Explain how the energy is passed on with the items and organisms below:
Deer Worm Grass Wolf Sun
- The sun passes energy to the grass
- Grass passes energy to the deer
- Deer passes energy to the wolf
- Wolf dies over time and passes energy to the mushroom
BONUS - mushroom passes nutrients back into the grass