Matter-Energy in Ecosystems

A ___ is any organism that makes its own food.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• composer

A ___ is any organism that gets it food by eating other organisms.

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composer

A ___ is any organism that gets it food by breaking down the remains of dead plants & animals.

• decomposer
• producer
• consumer
• composer

Producers are mostly ___.

• plants
• animals
• fungi, bacteria, and insects
• protists

Consumers are mostly ___.

• animals
• plants
• fungi, bacteria, and insects
• protists

Decomposers are mostly ___.

• fungi, bacteria, and insects
• animals
• plants
• protists

Plants make their own food using the process of ___.

• photosynthesis
• transpiration
• pollination
• fertilization

Plants make ___ for food.

• sugar
• fat
• protein
• vitamins

Plants capture the energy ___ and store it in sugar molecules.

• in sunlight
• in the soil
• in the air
• from animals

___ are a type of consumer that only eats plants.

• herbivores
• carnivores
• omnivores
• detritivores