Consumer, Producer, or Decomposer?
Ecosystem Matrix
Vocabulary
Living Things
Food webs
100
I eat grass.
Consumer
100
1 Deer
Organism
100
Smallest unit of life
cell
100
List the four things that all organisms NEED:
Food, water, shelter, space
100
Identify a producer, consumer, and decomposer from this food web.
Producer: grass,
Consumer: Any animal
Decomposer: none
200
I absorb nutrients from dead organic matter.
Decomposer
200
A herd of Elk
Population
200
Autotroph
A.K.A a Producer, Makes its own food
200
List 2 Characteristics of Living Things:
Can be any two of the following:
Grow, Reproduce, Respond to Stimuli, Require Energy, Maintain Homeostasis, or Organized into groups
200
List three errors made when constructing this food web.
1. Sun not listed as the ultimate source of energy.
2. Energy stops with top consumer, instead of transferring to next organism.
3. Decomposer not pictured, transferring energy back to producer.
300
I make my own energy.
Producer
300
All of the living and non-living things in an area
Ecosystem
300
Offspring
young or babies
300
What is the difference between an abiotic and a biotic factor?
Abiotic factors are non-living: soil, rocks, air, water
Biotic factors are living: animals, plants, fungi
300
What is wrong with this Food web?
Daily Triple:
Any option below is correct:
Energy stops with Top consumer.
No decomposer.
Energy does not transfer back to producer.
400
I make energy for other organisms.
Producer
400
Daily Double:
3 Sheep, 2 pigs, and a goat on a farm
Community
400
Sun
Ultimate Source of energy
400
What is special about the energy shared between living organisms in a food web?
The energy is always transferred/recycled, it is never lost.
400
What is the difference between a food web and food chain?
A food chain shows the direction energy flows between organisms. A food web is multiple food chains put together.
500
I consume energy by eating meat.
Consumer
500
Bison, Trees, Air, Water, and Swan
Ecosystem
500
Daily Double:
represents the directional flow of energy in a food web
energy arrow
500
All living things are made up of ______.
cells
500
What happens to the energy once it leaves the decomposer?
It gets transferred or recycled back to a producer.