Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

• food web

• population

• ecosystem

• environment

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

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Consumer that eats animals or meat

• carnivore

• consumer

• omnivore

• producer

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

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An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a __________

• herbivore

• omnivore

• autotroph

• carnivore

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What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.

• The number of primary consumers would increase.

• The number of plants would increase.

• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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Which of the following is NOT a consumer?

• shark

• dog

• grass

• fish

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• shrew

• hawk

• frog

• cricket

The shrew provides energy for the ________?

• frog

• snake

• cricket

• grasshopper

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What is an organism that gets its food through eating other sources?

• producer

• autotroph

• consumer

• decomposers