Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Quiz

What three categories can every living thing in a forest ecosystem be sorted into?

• Producers, consumers, and decomposers

• Plants, animals, and insects

• Predators, prey, and scavengers

• Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores

What is a producer?

• An animal that eats other plants and animals

• A living thing that decomposes dead organic matter

• A living thing that makes its own food

• An animal that hunts and kills other animals

How do consumers sometimes interact with producers? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

• Consumers help producers grow by providing them with sunlight

• Consumers eat producers and use their energy for survival

• Consumers protect producers from predators in the ecosystem

• Consumers and producers do not interact in any way

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Describe what a decomposer like a worm does with dead organic matter. Support your description with details from the text.

• Decomposers break down dead organic matter into smaller pieces and eat them

• Decomposers use dead organic matter to build their nests and homes

• Decomposers transport dead organic matter to other parts of the ecosystem

• Decomposers protect dead organic matter from being eaten by other organisms

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What is the main idea of this text?

• Dirt is an important part of ecosystems on land

• Ecologists study the relationships between living things and their environment

• Producers, consumers, and decomposers are the three categories of living things in a forest ecosystem

• Plants and animals in a forest ecosystem rely on each other for survival

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