Science Producers & Decomposers

• Every kind of organism must get energy and matter from its environment.

• True

• False

• Organisms need energy to carry on life processes (moving, reproducing, growing, repairing).

• True

• False

• Plants are producers because they make their own food using sunlight.

• True

• False

• All organisms get matter and energy from water .

• True

• False

• An organism that makes its own food using nonfood matter and energy from the sun is called a ______ .

• • producer

• consumer

• Plants are ______ .

• • producers

• consumers

Where do all organisms get their energy and matter from?

• Their own bodies

• Their environment

Plants are producers because they make their own food using sunlight

• True

• False

Decomposers add nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead organisms.

• True

• False

The blue whale eats seaweed and small fish.

• True

• False