Energy in an ecosystem

What is the producer in the picture above?

• grasshopper

• snake

• grass

• Sun

What is the decomposer in the picture above?

• grass

• fungus/mushrooms

• hawk

• frog

The model above is an example of a ..

• food web

• food chain

• habitat

• ecosystem

The model above is an example of a ...

• food chain

• food web

• habitat

• ecosystem

A model that shows how all of the food chains in an ecosystem overlap and connect is called a

• community

• habitat

• food chain

• food web

In the food web modeled above, where does the flow of energy end?

• mangoes and flowers

• flowers and frogs

• eagle since nothing else in the web gets energy from the eagle

• python and wolf

What do decomposers do in a food chain?

• they are the first part of a food chain that feeds all of the other organisms

• they break down all other organisms to provide nutrients for the soil to help the producers

• they serve as food for the consumers

The parts of the ecosystem that get their energy from the Sun. They provide energy to other living things in the food chain.

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

The part of the ecosystem that gets their energy from producers or other living things.

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

The part of the ecosystem that gets that helps break down the wastes of living things once they are no longer living in order to provide nutrients to the soil.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers