Exploring Ecosystem Roles: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

This video tutorial explores the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems. Producers, such as plants and algae, create their own food through photosynthesis, storing energy for other organisms. Consumers, including humans and animals, rely on producers for energy, as they cannot produce their own food. Decomposers, like bacteria and fungi, break down organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the soil. The video clarifies misconceptions about these roles and distinguishes between decomposers and scavengers.

What do producers in an ecosystem do?

• They consume other organisms for energy.

• They decompose dead matter.

• They produce their own food through photosynthesis.

• They rely on the sun for movement.

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What is photosynthesis?

• A method to decompose matter.

• A process to consume food.

• A technique for water absorption.

• A process to convert solar energy into chemical energy.

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What is an autotroph?

• An organism that decomposes matter.

• An organism that relies on sunlight for movement.

• An organism that consumes other organisms.

• An organism that produces its own food.

What process do producers use to make their own food?

• Digestion

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Decomposition

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Which of the following is a producer?

• Bee

• Kelp

• Snake

• Fungus

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Which organisms are responsible for making energy available in an ecosystem?

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Consumers

• Scavengers

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Which of the following is not a producer?

• Tree

• Algae

• Maggot

• Cyanobacteria

What are consumers in an ecosystem?

• Organisms that produce their own food.

• Organisms that rely on others for energy.

• Organisms that decompose dead matter.

• Organisms that absorb sunlight.

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Which of the following is a consumer?

• Kelp

• Cyanobacteria

• Algae

• Human

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What is a heterotroph?

• An organism that absorbs sunlight.

• An organism that produces its own food.

• An organism that relies on others for energy.

• An organism that decomposes dead matter.