Consumers

A tiger is a(n) _______, an organism that gets food by eating other organisms

• plant

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

The process that breaks down food into simple materials that an animal’s body can use is called ______.

• digestion

• circulation

• respiration

• photosynthesis

When an animal eats more food than it needs right away, its body

• changes all the food energy into heat.

• stores the extra food energy for later.

• releases all the energy so it does not get fat.

• converts the energy into sodium to use later.

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When an animal dies, the once-living matter from the animal’s body

• regenerates so the animal can live again.

• remains exactly the same for millions of years.

• is broken down and passes into the soil and air.

• disintegrates into small particles that eventually disappear.

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Like other consumers, all of the food energy that humans use once came from the ______.

• sun

• soil

• moon

• ocean

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Animals get energy from eating other animals. In what ways do they use this energy?

• store the energy

• use it to stay warm

• reproduce

• all of these

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Where do cheetahs get the energy they need to run fast?

• directly from sunlight

• from the food it eats

• from the wastes it produces

• from water it drinks

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_____________ are consumers.

• all plants

• all animals

• only people

• the sun

_____________ is not a part of the digestive system.

• stomach

• blood

• small intestine

• mouth

Herbivores are...

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• all three