PRACTICE: Energy Flow

What is a producer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

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What is an omnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy
• An organism that eats animals for energy
• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

What is a carnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

What is an herbivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

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What is a consumer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

All producers are __________.

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

• Scavengers

• Primary

All consumers are _______.

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Homotrophs

• Scavengers

What is the purpose of a decomposer?

• To break down dead materials and waste from consumers

• Eat living organisms

• Perform photosynthesis to make carbohydrates

• Make carbohydrates using chemical energy.

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What is a type of carnivore that eats dead animals?

• Scavengers

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

• Carnivores

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show the direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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