Producers and Consumers Ecology

What are plants and animals that get their energy from eating other things?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

Which of the following shows the proper order of a food chain?

• Producers---- Carnivores---- Decomposers---- Herbivores

• Herbivores----Decomposers-----Producers-----Herbivores

• Producers----Herbivores----Carnivores----- Decomposers

• Producers-----Carnivores----Herbivores---- Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the difference between a second-level consumer and a third-level consumer?

• Third level Consumers eat Carnivores, and second level consumers do not.

• Second level consumers only eat plants, and third level consumers eats plants and animals

• Second level consumers eat meat, while third level consumers eat plants

• Third level consumers produce their own food, and second level consumers must find their food in nature.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which part of the food chain only eats meat?

• A Herbivore

• A Producer

• A Carnivore

• A Decomposer

What happens if a portion of the food chain is broken?

• Only consumers would be affected

• All the organisms in the chain are affected

• The Decomposers and are affected

• Second- Level consumers would cease to exist.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An elephant eats only plants. Which type of consumer is an elephant?

• A Producer

• A Herbivore

• A Decomposer

• A Consumer

An Lion eats only meat. Which type of consumer is a Lion?

• A Herbivore

• A Decomposer

• A Carnivore

• An Animal

A Snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which group list ONLY decomposers?

• tadpoles, frogs, and algae

• bacteria, mushrooms, and earthworms

• shrimp, crawfish, and turtles

What is the source of all energy in the ecosystem?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Sun