Unit 5 Lesson 1

The process by which plants and plantlike organisms make food is _________________.

• decomposition

• photosynthesis

• classification

• herbivore

What are organisms that cannot make their own food?

• herbivore

• producer

• consumer

• carnivore

Consumers are classified into how many groups based on what they eat?

• 5

• 2

• 6

• 3

Meat-eating consumers are called _____________.

• prey

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivores

Which is not an example of a scavenger?

• vulture

• polar bears

• deer

• sharks

____________ migrate south to warm climates for the winter.

• monarch butterflies

• sea turtles

• sea urchins

• sea otters

Decomposers are organisms that break down, or decompose, wastes and the remains of dead organisms.

• True

• False

What is the name of the consumers that eat both plants and animals.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• prey

____________ are organisms that make their own food.

• consumer

• producer

• prey

• herbivore

A green molecule that enables plants to turn water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight into sugars.

• bacteria

• photosynthesis

• decomposer

• chlorophyll