Food Chains & Food Webs

Corn in a field is an example of

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• heterotroph

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

• Mutualist

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All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water

• Consumers

• Sun

• Oxygen

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Cows are an example of

• autotroph

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

A lion is an example of

• producer

• decomposer

• carnivore

• autotroph

Organism that eats both producers and consumers

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivores

• autotroph

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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Eat other organisms to gain energy

• Make the food for the whole food chain

• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Example of a decomposer

• frogs

• mouse

• fungus

• plants

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Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.

• decomposers

• producers

• food chains

• consumers

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