Roles of Animals / Food Chains

Roles of Organisms

All about consumers, producers, and decomposers.

Organisms that make their energy through photosynthesis. Do not eat food for their energy.

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Producers

Organisms that eat to get the energy that they need.

Have to hunt or gather their food.

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Consumers

Herbivores are animals that only eat plants (producers)

Herbivore

​Carnivores are animals that only eat meat (other consumers "animals")

Carnivore

Omnivores eat both plants and meat (producers and other consumers)

Omnivore

​Types of Consumers

A prey is an animal that gets eaten by another animal.

EX: Rabbit gets eaten by a wolf

Prey

A predator is an animal that eats another animal.

EX: Wolf that eats a rabbit

Predator

Prey and Predator

Break down dead things, both plants and animals and take their nutrients.

Often leave rich soil behind.

EX: Worms and Mushroom

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Decomposers

Food chains show how energy moves from one organism to another. The arrow represents the energy. But you can also read it as what animal eats what.

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Food Chains

Multiple Choice

Which are decomposers?

• humans

• trees

• red wolves

• worms

Multiple Choice

A red wolf is a __________ and a ________.

• producer and hunter

• consumer and carnivore

• decomposer and carnivore

• decomposer and omnivore

Multiple Choice

From where do producers get their energy?

• the ground

• other animals

• decomposers

• the sun

Multiple Choice

Which are examples of consumers?

• grass and cows

• turtles and seaweed

• owls and bears

• sun and mushrooms

Multiple Choice

Which living thing is a producer?

• plankton

• animals

• plants

• bacteria

Multiple Choice

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead animal and plants into simpler parts is...

• scavenger

• consumer

• decomposer

• carnivore

Multiple Choice

which one is a Producer?

Multiple Choice

The snake is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog

• grass

• grasshopper

• hawk

Multiple Choice

The frog is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog

• grass

• grasshopper

• hawk

Multiple Choice

The frog is a prey to what predator in this food chain?

• snake

• grass

• grasshopper

• hawk

Multiple Choice

Which of the following involves energy moving from a producer to a consumer?

• from grasshopper to mouse

• from mouse to snake

• from grass to grasshopper

• from snake to grass

Multiple Choice

All animals are...

• producers

• consumers

• carnivores

• omnivores

Multiple Choice

An apple tree is a

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A hawk is an example of a

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A carrot is an example of a 

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A dragonfly is a 

• producer

• consumer 

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example what is a barn owl?

• Herbivore/Predator

• Carnivore/Prey

• Carnivore/Predator

Multiple Choice

A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.

• an omnivore.

• a predator.

• a herbivore.

Multiple Choice

If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...

• Predator

• Producer

• Prey

Multiple Choice

What role does the mouse play?

• Predator

• Prey

Multiple Choice

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

• predator

• prey

• population

Multiple Choice

Eats only animals.

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

Multiple Choice

Feeds on the waste of plants and animals or on their remains after they die.

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Carnivores

Multiple Choice

Eats plants and animals.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

Eats only plants.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

Eat other living things for energy.

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Consumers

Multiple Choice

What type of organism makes its own food?

• consumer

• carnivore

• producer

• animal