Food Web Vocab

An omnivore is 

• An animal that only eats meat
• An animal that only eats plants
• An animal that sleeps in the daytime
• An animal that eats both meat and plants

What is a producer?

• An organism that must eat to get energy

• An organism that makes its own energy

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms

• All of the above

What is a consumer?

• An organism that must eat to get energy

• An organism that creates its own energy

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms

• All of the above

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that must eat for energy

• An organism that creates its own energy

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms

• All of the above

Which of these is an example of an abiotic factor?

• Plants

• Dogs

• Water

• Birds

What is a predator?

• An organism that eats another organism

• An organism that participates in symbiosis

• An organism that is eaten by another organism

• An organism that benefits at the expense of another organism

How do producers get energy?

• They obtain energy through eating plants, bacteria, and algae

• They extract chemical energy from decaying organic matter

• They capture energy from sunlight and make their own food

• They extract energy from chemicals

If predator population increases, what would you expect to happen to the prey population?

• Prey population would increase

• Prey population would decrease

• Prey population would not change

• All of the above

Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

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Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

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