2.9: Consumers and Decomposers

Multiple Choice

Word that means the same thing as consumer is...

• producer.

• autotroph

• carbohydrate

• heterotroph

Multiple Choice

This squirrel lives in a forest and eats only acorns. What will MOST LIKELY happen to the squirrel if the oak trees in this forest start dying of a disease?

• The squirrel will starve if it can't find enough food.

• The squirrel will eat berries instead of acorns to survive.

• The squirrel will adapt to less food.

• The squirrel will not be affected at all.

Multiple Choice

In the hills of North Carolina, several different species of wrens live in one large pine tree. This is possible because the wrens

• must have the resource competition from the other wren species.

• breed at different times

• have different natural enemies.

• eat different foods found in and on the tree.

Multiple Choice

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

Multiple Choice

Consumers that feed on plants are also known as ____________.

• herbs

• herbivores

• spores

• reservoirs

Multiple Choice

Consumers that eat other animals are also known as ________________.

• carnivores

• carnivals

• producers

• decomposers

Multiple Choice

What is a living thing that breaks down plant and animal material, returning the nutrients to the soil?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Decomposer

Multiple Choice

Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers
• food chains

Multiple Choice

The grass is on which trophic level?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Multiple Choice

Which type of organisms would be found in the second trophic level?

• Apex predators

• Herbivores

• Producers

• Carnivores