Life Science Review 1

Plants are called _____________ as they make their own food.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• conductors

Plants obtain light from the sun to make food during _______________.

• respiration

• pollination

• reproduction

• photosynthesis

Decomposers do NOT need energy to live.

• True

• False

What do we call an animal that gets eaten in a food chain?

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

What is the role of decomposers in the food chain?

• to consume plants and animals

• to produce food using energy from the sun

• to eat decaying matter and return nutrients to the soil

• to hunt prey

A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a 

• food web
• ecosystem
• food chain
• population

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

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

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

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

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(an) _____________.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph