Ecology Q #2

• a carnivore

• a decomposer

• a herbivore

• a producer

• an arrow from plants to animals

• an arrow from carbon dioxide in the air to animals

• an arrow from carbon dioxide in the air to fossil fuels

• an arrow from animals to plants

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem

• Food flowing through an ecosystem

• Consumers going into other consumers

• Who eats who

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Plants

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Gain energy from eating other organisms

• Keep other species from overpopulating

• Breaking down dead stuff 

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food 

• Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

• Break down dead stuff

• Add nutrients to the soil