Unit 4: Food Chains & Food Webs

An animal that eats only plants is called a -

• carnivore

• omnivore

• insectivore

• herbivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a -

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

Organisms that make their own food are called -

• producers

• consumers

• herbivores

• omnivores

Organisms that eat other organisms are called -

• producers

• consumers

• omnivores

• carnivores

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Gain energy from eating other organisms

• Keep other species from overpopulating

• Breaking down dead stuff

A tree is an example of which of the following?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Food Chain

An organism, like fungi, that breaks down dead plant or animal matter and releases their nutrients back into the soil is called:

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

What is the role of the Sun in a food chain?

• It's warm

• Cleans the plants

• Source of all energy

• It lights up the ecosystem

The arrows in a food chain show...

• The flow of energy

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers