Ecosystems Vocabulary

How do producers obtain energy?

• They conduct photosynthesis.
• They consume plants.
• They consume primary consumers.
• They consume secondary consumers.

How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

All food chains_____________________

• have more consumers than producers
• produce and use same amount of energy
• begin with a producer
• are unhealthy 

The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

Which of these shows a possible food chain for an ecosystem?

• shark--> fish --> plankton -->sun

• sun --> plankton --> fish --> shark

• plankton --> sun --> fish --> shark

• plankton --> fish --> shark --> sun

In a diagram of a food chain, the arrows show the flow of

• soil

• sunlight

• oxygen

• energy

What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

• Produce food
• recycle matter
• provide oxygen
• supply water

Animals that eat only plants are

• herbivores
• omnivores
• carnivores

Animals that eat only animals are

• herbivores
• omnivores
• carnivores

The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air and water

• Hydroponics

• photosynthesis

• consumption

• reproduction