Organisms Within Ecosystems

Consumers are able to make their own food.

• True
• False

When any part of a food web changes, it affects the flow of energy throughout the web. 

• True
• False

Bacteria and fungi typically serve what role in an ecosystem?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food 
• Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
• Break down dead stuff
• Add nutrients to the soil

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil