Food Webs

Plants are ____________. They produce energy for the ecosystem through the process known as photosynthesis.

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Consumers

Animals are ___________. They do not produce energy; they use it.

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

Look carefully at the food web shown. Plants are called producers as they produce the food which starts all food chains. Where do all living things get their energy from?

• The Sun

• Plants

• Insects

• Birds

What is the source of all energy in a food chain?

• The producer

• The consumer

• The predator

• The sun

Animals that eat plants are called primary consumers. These animals can also be classified as ____________.

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

Name the primary consumer in this food web.

• The eagle

• The grasshopper

• The frog

• The python

Name the producer in this food web.

• The mouse

• The snake

• The eagle

• The plant

Worms are decomposers. What role do decomposers play in ecosystems?

• Decomposers produce food using energy from the Sun.

• Decomposers consume living animals.

• Decomposers help put nutrients back into the soil.

Fungi do not produce their own food. They consume dead plants and animals. How would they be classified in an ecosystem?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

Animals that eat other animals are called secondary consumers or....

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

• Carnivores