Food chains

What PRODUCER does every food chain start with?

• Water

• The sun

• Bugs

• Animals

Due to the fact that plants can make their own food using photosynthesis, what are plants considered in food chains?

• omnivores

• producers

• carnivores

In a food chain, what breaks down dead material and helps turn it into nutrients in the soil?

• producers

• decomposers

• animals

• water

... cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

What does a food chain contain? Choose ALL correct answers.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• All of the above

... eat decaying matter, dead plants, and animals and in the process they break them down. 

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

There are ... consumer groups.

• 2

• 4

• 1

• 3

A _______ shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from organism to organism. 

• ecosystem

• food chain

what is a human considered?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

A flea needs to consume the blood of an organism in order to survive. Which of the following terms best describes the flea?

• Host

• Decomposer

• Prey

• Parasite