Food Chains & Food Webs

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

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• worm
• mouse

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Example of a consumer

• soil

• bacteria

• mushroom

• hawk

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Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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