Producers and Consumers

What is a producer?

• An organism that gets its energy from eating plants and/or animals

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

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Plants use ______, _______, and _______ to make their energy.

(select the three correct answers)

• water

• sugar

• CO2

• sunlight

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_______ and _______ come from the plant during photosynthesis.

(select the two correct answers)

• sunlight

• sugar

• oxygen

• water

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Which of the following are examples of producers?

• horse

• grass

• tomato plant

• bear

• flowers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a consumer?

• An organism that gets its energy from eating plants and/or animals

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

A carnivore is _______.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only other animals.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only plants.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other animals and plants.

A herbivore is _______.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only other animals.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only plants.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other animals and plants.

An omnivore is _______.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only other animals.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating only plants.

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other animals and plants.

MOST humans are considered omnivores.

• True

• False

Cows are one example of carnivores.

• True

• False