How do matter and energy cycle in a food web?

What is a food web?

• A single food chain in an ecosystem

• A network of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

• A type of plant that produces food

• A web made by spiders to catch food

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What is a producer?

• An organism that eats other animals

• An organism that uses energy from the Sun to make food

• An organism that decomposes dead material

• An organism that cannot make its own food

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Which type of consumer depends on plants for energy?

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

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What do carnivores depend on for energy?

• Plants

• The Sun

• Other animals

• Both plants and animals

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What is an omnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that only eats animals

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• An organism that decomposes dead material

What role does the Sun play in an ecosystem?

• It provides energy for producers to make food

• It decomposes dead material

• It is a type of consumer

• It is a predator

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What is the main source of energy in an ecosystem?

• Water

• The Sun

• Soil

• Air

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What is a consumer?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that cannot make its own food

• An organism that decomposes dead material

• An organism that produces energy from the Sun

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How does energy flow in an ecosystem?

• From consumers to producers

• From producers to consumers

• From decomposers to producers

• From predators to prey

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What is the role of a decomposer?

• To produce food using sunlight

• To eat both plants and animals

• To break down dead material

• To be a predator in the food web

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