Ecosystems

All organisms need _____ to survive.

• Environment
• energy
• sun
• plants

_________ cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.

• consumers
• producers
• decomposers

The  ____________ provides all the initial energy to plants.

• sun
• moon
• environment
• water

____ make their own food through photosynthesis. 

• consumer
• decomposer
• producer

What does a food chain contain? Choose ALL correct answers.

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• all of the above

__________ eat decaying matter, dead plants and animals and in the process they break them down. 

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer

_______are animals that eat only plants.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

_______ are animals that eat only animals (meat).

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore

_________ are animals that eat BOTH plants and animals. 

• omnivore
• carnivore
• herbivore

a _______ shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from organism to organism. 

• ecosystem
• food chain