Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Ecosystems
Energy Transfers
100
What do producers make using sunlight?
Food (Glucose/Sugar)
100
What do consumers eat?
Plants or other animals
100
What do decomposers break down?
What is dead plants and animals?
100
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living and non-living things that interact with each other.
100
What is the main source of energy for almost all ecosystems?
What is the Sun?
200
What process do producers use to create their own food?
Photosynthesis
200
What type of consumer eats only plants?
What is a herbivore?
200
Name one decomposer.
What is a mushroom, worm, or bacteria?
200
What is the term for the non-living parts of an ecosystem?
What are abiotic factors?
200
What shows how energy flows from one organism to another?
What is a food chain?
300
Give one example of a producer found in a pond ecosystem.
Algae, Lilypad, Cattails
300
What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?
What is an omnivore?
300
Why are decomposers important?
They recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.
300
Give an example of an abiotic factor.
Water, sunlight, temperature, or soil.
300
What is a more complex version of a food chain?
What is a food web?
400
Why are producers important in an ecosystem?
They provide the base of the food chain by making energy available to other organisms.
400
What type of consumer eats only other animals?
What is a carnivore?
400
What would happen if decomposers disappeared?
Waste and dead matter would build up, and nutrients wouldn’t be recycled.
400
What is the term for the living parts of an ecosystem?
What are biotic factors?
400
In a food chain, who gets energy directly from the sun?
What is the producer?
500
What gas do producers release during photosynthesis?
What is oxygen?
500
Name a top predator in a forest ecosystem.
Wolf, hawk, or bear, etc.
500
What do decomposers release into the soil that plants need?
What are nutrients or minerals?
500
What is a habitat?
The natural home or environment of an organism.
500
What happens to the amount of energy as you move up the trophic levels?
It decreases (only about 10% is passed on).
600
Name two producers found in a forest ecosystem.
Trees, shrubs, moss, or ferns.
600
What do we call an animal that is hunted?
Prey
600
Where do decomposers fit in the food chain?
At the end — they break down everything else.
600
How do humans impact ecosystems?
Deforestation, pollution, habitat loss, etc.
600
What is an energy pyramid
700
What would happen to consumers if there were no producers?
They would have no food or energy source.
700
What type of consumer hunts other animals?
Predator
700
What kind of environment do decomposers thrive in?
Warm, moist environments.
700
Name the 6 examples of ecosystems.
Tundra, Desert, Forest, Rainforest, Ocean, Grassland
700
What are the four levels of the energy pyramid?
Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer and Tertiary Consumer