Science pg 314-319

What kind of living things get their energy directly from the sun?

• producers or plants

• carnivores

• consumers

• grasshoppers

Where do consumers get their energy?

• by eating plants or by eating animals that have eaten plants.

• by absorbing energy from the sun.

• through a process called photosynthesis.

• consumers make their own food.

What is an example of a producer?

• redwood tree

• bobcat

• black bear

• fungi

What do the arrows mean in an illustration of a food chain?

• to show the direction in which the food energy moves

• to show what animals eat

• to show what the plants eat

The type of consumer that eats only plants is called _________.

The type of consumers that eats only other animals is called _____________.

What are some kinds of decomposers?

• yeast, earthworms

• grasses, mushrooms

• trees, vultures

• buzzards, ants

A living thing that feeds on wastes and on the remains of dead plants and animals is called _________.

• decomposers

• omnivores

• consumers

• producers

Without decomposers, Earth would be covered with dead plants and animals.

• True

• False

Decomposers allow living things to use recycled nutrients.

• True

• False