Consumers, Producers, Decomposers

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil.

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What do we call an animal that eats only plants?

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Herbivore.

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What do we call an animal that eats both plants and animals?

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Omnivore.

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What do we call an animal that eats only meat?

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Carnivore.

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Give an example of a producer.

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Grass is an example of a producer.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is the correct order of this food chain: grain, mouse, snake, hawk?

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Grain -> Mouse -> Snake -> Hawk.

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What role do decomposers play in the ecosystem?

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Decomposers recycle nutrients back into the soil.