Exploring Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that breaks down dead material

• An organism that eats plants or other animals

• An organism that floats in water

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What do decomposers do in an ecosystem?

• Float in water

• Consume plants and animals

• Break down remains or waste from other organisms

• Produce food and oxygen

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What are plankton?

• Organisms that eat plants

• Organisms that break down dead material

• Organisms that float in water

• Organisms that produce their own food

What is phytoplankton?

• A type of consumer

• A type of decomposer

• A type of carnivore

• A mixture of microscopic plants

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What do producers do in an ecosystem?

• Break down dead organisms

• Float in water

• Consume other animals

• Produce food and oxygen

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What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Carnivores

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What are herbivores?

• Organisms that produce their own food

• Animals that eat plants

• Organisms that break down dead material

• Animals that eat other animals

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What are carnivores?

• Organisms that produce their own food

• Organisms that break down dead material

• Animals that eat other animals

• Animals that eat plants

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What role do decomposers play in the ecosystem?

• They produce food and oxygen

• They consume plants and animals

• They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients

• They float in water

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Why don't we see piles of dead trees and animals in forests?

• Because they are consumed by herbivores

• Because they are broken down by decomposers

• Because they are eaten by carnivores

• Because they float away in water

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