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Producers-Consumers-Decomposers

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A producer?
a)
Eats other plants and animals
b)
Makes its own food
c)
Eats dead plants or animals
d)
Makes toys for kids
2.
A consumer?
a)
Makes its own food
b)
Eats dead plants and animals
c)
Eats plants and other animals for energy
d)
Buys toys for kids
3.
A decomposer?
a)
Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
b)
Eats plants or other animals for food
c)
Makes its own food
d)
Machine that gathers trash
4.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
5.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
6.

What is an example of decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
7.

The sun is the ultimate source of energy for all living things.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

An animal is either a predator or a prey, not both

a)

True

b)

False

9.
What is the process in which plants use sunlight to create energy?
a)
Photography
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Cholorophyll
d)
Photosynthesis
10.
What do herbivores eat?
a)
Only plants
b)
plants and animals
c)
only other animals
d)
dead organisms
11.
What do carnivores eat?
a)
only plants
b)
plants and animals
c)
only other animals
d)
dead organisms
12.
What do omnivores eat?
a)
only plants
b)
plants and animals
c)
only other animals
d)
dead organisms
13.

The most important abiotic component for a producer in an ecosystem is:

a)

food

b)

water

c)

sunlight

d)

energy

14.

this is given off during photosynthesis

a)

nutrients

b)

oxygen

c)

decomposer

d)

photosynthesis

15.

Which three things are necessary for plants to make their own food?

a)

water

b)

sunlight

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

e)

sugar

16.

The sun is the ultimate source of energy for all living things.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why are decomposers important?

a)

Because consumers depend on them for food

b)

Because without them there would be a lot of dead plants and animals.

c)

Because producers depend on them for food

18.
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all types of _____.
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
19.

Which is NOT a producer?

a)

pine tree

b)

pig

c)

sunflower

d)

grass

20.

Which is NOT a consumer?

a)

dog

b)

cat

c)

daffodil

d)

monkey

21.
Fungi. Is it a...
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
22.
A red wolf is a __________ and a ________.
a)
producer and hunter
b)
consumer and carnivore
c)
decomposer and carnivore
d)
decomposer and omnivore
23.

If Lucy eats foods such as apples, bananas, chicken, hamburger, and ice cream, what type of consumer is she?

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

24.

All the non living things in an ecosystem are the...

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

25.

All biotic (living things) and abiotic (nonliving things-sun, soil, water, air) factors in an environment that work together to survive and flourish form a/an....

a)

Food Chain

b)

Population

c)

Solar System

d)

Ecosystem