Relationships Among Organisms

What are producers?

• things that eat other things

• things that get energy from eating meat

• things that make their own food

• things that are not alive

What are consumers?

• organisms that eat other organisms for food

• organisms that go to the grocery store

• organisms that eat only plants

• organisms that eat only meat

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What is the source of all energy?

• animals

• plants

• the moon

• the sun

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How does sun energy enter an ecosystem?

• through consumers eating other consumers

• through consumers that eat plants

• through consumers that eat both plants and meat

• through producers using the sun to make glucose

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What is glucose?

• protein

• fat

• sugar

• calories

What is an herbivore?

• a producer that eats other producers

• an animal that only eats plants

• an animal that only eats meat

• an animal that eats both plants and meat

What is a carnivore?

• an organism that eats only meat

• an organism that eats only plants

• an organism that only eats producers

• an organism that eats both plants and meat

What is an omnivore?

• an organism that makes its own food

• an organism that eats only plants

• an organism that eats only meat

• an organism that eats both plants and meat

What are decomposers?

• organisms that eat only plants

• organisms that eat dead stuff

• organisms that eat only meat

• organisms that eat meat and plants

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Why are decomposers important?

• they keep carnivore populations from getting to big

• they keep producer populations from getting too big

• they recycle dead stuff into nutrients for plants

• trick question - they're not important

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