Science

What is a producer?

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

• A living thing that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

• A machine used by farmers to produce crops.

• A person who creates movies and TV shows.

What is a consumer?

• A scientist who studies how animals eat.

• A plant that creates its own food through photosynthesis.

• A living thing that eats other living things.

• A person who observes native wildlife.

What is a decomposer?

• A gardener who removes dead plants from a garden.

• A living thing that breaks down dead plant or animal matter.

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

• A machine that breaks down food waste in a compost bin.

Match the following words to the correct definition?

• A consumer that eats only plants.

• Predator

• Animal that hunts other animals for food

• Prey

• A consumer that eats plants and animals.

• Herbivore

• Killed and/or eaten by another animal.

• Omnivore

• A consumer that eats only animals.

• Carnivore

According to the food web:

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket

• frog

• shrew

• hawk

• cattail

According to the food web:

the hawk consumes energy from the _______?

• marsh grass

• grasshopper

• frog

• snake

According to the food web:

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• frog

• grasshopper

• snake

• cricket

Competitive Interaction relationship is the interaction between two different species of living things that benefits both of them.

• True
• False

Write me an example of a competitive interaction relationship and explain why?

A mutually beneficial relationship is when two animal species compete to gain access to the same food or territory.

• True
• False