Producers
What is a producer?
A living thing that makes its own food.
What is a consumer?
A living thing that eats other living things for energy.
What is a decomposer?
A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals.
What is a food chain?
A series of steps showing how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is a habitat?
The natural home of a plant or animal.
Name a type of producer.
Grass, trees or flowers.
Name a herbivore.
Rabbit or Cow
Name a type of decomposer.
Fungi or bacteria.
How does a food web differ from a food chain?
A food web shows many interconnected food chains.
Name two types of habitats.
Forests and oceans.
Why are producers important?
They provide food and oxygen for other living things.
What is a Carnivore?
An animal that eats other animals.
Why are decomposers important?
They recycle nutrients back into the soil.
Give an example of a food chain.
Give an example of a food chain.
How do habitats affect food chains?
The type of habitat determines which plants and animals can live there, affecting the food chain.
What do producers need to grow?
Sunlight, water, and nutrients.
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals for energy.
How do decomposers help the environment?
By breaking down waste and returning nutrients to the earth.
Why are food webs important?
They show how all living things are connected in an ecosystem.
Why do animals need habitats?
For food, shelter and safety.
How do plants make their food?
Through a process called photosynthesis.
How do consumers get energy?
By eating plants or animals.
What would happen without decomposers?
Dead plants and animals would pile up, and nutrients would not return to the soil.
What happens if one species is removed from a food web?
It can affect all organisms in the web, potentially leading to population declines or increases.
What is the relationship between habitats and food chains?
Habitats provide the resources needed to support food chains.