Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Energy
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Give an example of a producer
Anything that uses photosynthesis to make its own food
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What is a consumer?
Organisms that that eat plants and/or other animals to obtain energy
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Why are decomposers important?
They are the link that keeps the circle of life in motion
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Where does all energy that is transferred initially come from?
The sun
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What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
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What is a producer?
Any kind of plant that makes its food by taking sunlight and using the energy to make sugar
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Give an example of a consumer
Any living thing that has to hunt, gather and eat its food
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Where do decomposers get their nutrients?
Dead organisms
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What is the name for a diagram representing the movement of energy in an ecosystem?
A food chain or food web
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How many Olympic rings are there?
Five!
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Where do producers get their energy from?
The Sun
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What are consumers that eat both plants and animals?
Omnivores
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What are decomposers?
Decomposers break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers
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What do the arrows represent in a food chain?
The direction in which energy and nutrients flow
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Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
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Which trophic level to producers occupy?
The first/bottom trophic level
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Another name for a primary consumer is...
Herbivore
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Give an example of a decomposer
Protozoa, bacteria, fungi (mushrooms etc..), earthworms, termites, millipedes
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The category that an organism fits into in a food chain is called its...
Trophic level
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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
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What is the name of the process through which producers make their own energy?
Photosynthesis
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What is the name for the animals at the top of the food chain?
Apex Predators
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What would happen to an ecosystem if decomposers didn't exist?
- Wastes and the remains of dead organisms would pile up
- Nutrients within the waste and dead organisms would not be released back into the ecosystem
- Producers would not have enough nutrients
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What percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
10%
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What is the name of the longest river in the world?
The River Nile