Name one predator mentioned in the passage:

Name two decomposers mentioned in the text.

• bacteria

• maggot

• rat

• cat

• bird

Explain why the flies only found the rat's body after bacteria had begun to break it down.

Explain how an atom that was once part of the rat's body could become part of a bird's body.

Use the example in the text to describe why decomposers are important.

All living things need food. Some organisms make their own food. Others eat food. Can you classify these organisms based on how they obtain nutrients and food?

• Carnivore

• Grass

• Herbivore

• Bacteria

• Decomposer

• Snake

• Producer

• Rabbit

Identify a food chain seen in this food web, in correct order:

• snake

• frog

• hawk

• grasshopper

• grasses