Producers
Consumers
Food Chains
Food Webs
Decomposers
100
What is a plant considered in its ecosystem?
a producer
100
A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things for energy is -
a consumer
100
A food chain always starts with -
the sun
100
A food web is -
a complex network of food chains within an ecosystem.
100
What is a decomposer?
a living thing that get its energy from breaking down dead or decaying matter (organisms)
200
The process in which plants make their own food is called -
photosynthesis
200
What are the three types of consumers in an ecosystem?
herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
200
What is a food chain?
How energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
200
What is the producer in this Garden food web?
Parsley
200
What is the decomposer in this Garden food web?
Mushroom
300
Ferns, trees, shrubs, and lichens are from the forest ecosystem and considered to be -
plants or producers
300
A rabbit, a deer, a fox, and a wolf are all from the forest ecosystem and are considered to be -
consumers
300
Arrows in a food chain point toward the organism receiving energy, this is called -
energy transfer
300
There are many types of producers in a food web, but they all get their energy from the -
sun
300
What is missing from this food chain?
a decomposer
400
Why are plants known as producers?
They make, or produce, their own food using photosynthesis.
400
Which is a consumer; a bear, a mouse, or a tree?
a bear and a mouse
400
In a food chain the sun is the main source of energy for which organism?
a producer
400
What type of consumer is at the top of every food web?
apex predator
400
What type of decomposer could be included in this food web?
fungi, bacteria, mushroom, ants, worms, flies
500
What makes producers different from consumers?
producers make their own food to get energy through a process called photosynthesis, while consumers must eat other organisms to get energy.
500
What makes consumers different from producers?
Consumers must eat, or consume, other living things for energy and a producer makes its own food for energy.
500
Name the role of the organisms in this food chain:
producer, herbivore (consumer), carnivore (consumer), decomposer
500
A consumer can be linked to many transfers of energy in a -
food web.
500
The decomposer is typically considered the last step in a -
food chain or food web