How energy is transferred in an ecosystem

Plants are an example of a

• consumer

• producer

• food chain

• decomposer

Animals in an ecosystem are examples of

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

• food chain

Energy is passed though communities by way of ___________ _____________________.

• food chains

• grass hoppers

• food web

• energy pyramid

mushrooms and bacteria, that break down tissues of dead organisms are called

• food chain

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

An example of a third level consumer would be

• grass

• grasshopper

• hawk

• mushroom

A _____________ ____________ shows the relationships between many different food chains in an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• grass plant

• snake

In most ecosystems, what kinds of organisms are producers?

• water

• sunlight

• plants

• birds

What benefit do decomposers provide for an ecosystem?

• they break down the tissue of dead organisms, and nutrients from what they break down go into the soil.

• They make water

• They are consumers

• They produce oxygen

Organisms at the bottom of an energy pyramid are:

• plant eaters

• producers

• hunters

• scavengers

Insects, such as grasshoppers are:

• Producers

• 1st level consumers

• 2nd level consumers

• 3rd level consumers