Food Webs

What is a producer?

• A gas produced by cells during respiration

• An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals

What is the role of the sun in the solar system?

• A sequence of events that repeats itself

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• A gas produced by cells during respiration

• The star at the center of the solar system that supplies heat and light to Earth

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion

• A gas produced by cells during respiration

• An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

What is a food chain?

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• A gas produced by cells during respiration

• The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem

• A sequence of events that repeats itself

What is carbon dioxide used for in photosynthesis?

• To supply heat and light to Earth

• To break down dead plants or animals

• To produce sugars

• To move or travel smoothly in a certain direction

What is another term for plants and algae that make their own food from sunlight?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

Which of these organisms is the producer?

• Owl

• Mouse

• Grasshopper

• Grass

Luna and Arjun went on a field trip to a local park. They were asked to identify the two producers in the ecosystem they observed. What did they identify?

• wildflowers and grass

• a rabbit and a mouse

• a hawk and a snake

• they said there is only 1 producer - grass

The snake gets energy from which of the following organisms?

• wildflowers and grass

• a rabbit and a mouse

• a hawk

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Why do we need photosynthesis?

• It gives energy to humans

• It helps animals make food which gives energy to humans

• It helps plants make food which gives energy to the consumer of the plant.

• Because it helps take pictures