Flow of Energy: Food Webs

An organism that is unable to make its own food. Obtains nutrients and energy by consuming (eating) other organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

• Consumer

• decomposer

• producer

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A plant is a producer because .........

• it makes its own food

• it gets its nutrients from other organisms

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How does the food chain start?

• Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.

• Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.

• Animals like rats eat insects.

• Humans eat large animals and plant life.

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How do consumers get energy to live?

• They make their own food from the soil.

• They break down decaying matter.

• They make their own food from the sun.

• They eat other plants and animals.

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

• omnivores

• consumbers

• producers

• carnivores

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Plants are called _________________ because they produce, or make, food energy (glucose)

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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Animals are called ________________ because they must consume (eat) other organisms for food energy.

• producers

• mean

• consumers

• decomposers

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On this food chain, the plant is the _______________.

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In this food chain, the owl is the ____________.

• producer

• primary consumer

  (first consumer)

• secondary consumer

  (second consumer)

• tertiary consumer

  (third consumer)

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