CTG: Food Chains

What is the term for organisms that produce their own food using sunlight, water, and nutrients?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Omnivores

What is the process called when plants absorb sunlight, water, and nutrients to create their own food?

• Respiration

• Digestion

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

Animals that primarily eat plants are known as what type of consumers?

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Detritivores

What is the primary function of decomposers in a food chain?

• To produce new energy for other living beings

• To consume only plants

• To consume only other animals

• To break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil