Energy and Matter in Organisms

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What is the process that plants use to produce food?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

Which organism is a producer?

Back

A bush

Front

What is the niche of an earthworm?

Back

Earthworms use remains of insects found in soil as food.

Front

How is the plant different from the snake?

Back

The plant is a producer and the snake is a consumer.

Front

What makes up an ecosystem?

Back

Living and nonliving things that interact in the same space.

Front

What is photosynthesis?

Back

The process by which plants use sunlight to make food.

Front

What is a producer?

Back

An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Front

What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

Front

What is an example of a herbivore?

Back

A horse.