Producers
This is the process producers use to make their own energy
photosynthesis
This type of consumer eats only plants and give an example
herbivore
This type of decomposer is too small to see without tools
bacteria
A single, self contained living thing
organism
An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy
producer
Give two examples of a producer
grass, trees, flowers etc
This type of consumer eats only animals and give an example.
carnivore
This type of decomposer can be large or small
fungus
Multiple food chains that are connected is called a
food web
An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals
consumer
Producers get their energy directly from where?
sun
This type of consumer eats both plants and animals and give an example.
Omnivore
This type of organism absorbs the nutrients from decayed plants and animals
decomposer
All food webs start where?
the sun
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals
decomposer
Producers get added energy from the soil. How does the energy get there?
decomposers
Another name for a herbivore is
primary consumer
Give an example of a decomposer
bacteria; fungus; earthworms; mold
A food chain shows the flow of __________.
energy
What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis?
sunlight + CO2 + H2O --> O2 + C6H12O6
Describe the effect if all the producers in an ecosystem died
The whole ecosystem would be affected. The herbivores wouldn't have enough to eat and die. The carnivores wouldn't have the herbivores to eat so they would die.
Another name for a carnivore is
secondary consumer
What is the main role of a decomposer?
return energy back to the soil
Make a food chain with the following: [squirrel, lynx, evergreen tree, fox, sun]
sun, evergreen tree, squirrel, fox, lynx
What does a food web show?
the flow of energy