G6 Science

What role in an ecosystem bacteria and fungi typically serve?

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Omnivore

1. What is a producer?

• An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.

• An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food.

• An organism that gets energy from dead organism, non-living material or waste.

• An organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food.

Where does energy start in the food chain?

• plant

• deer

• wolf

• fungi

Which food chain most accurately demonstrates the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

• Grasshopper – bird – rodent - buffalo

• Hawk – snake – mouse - grasshopper

• Grasshopper - mouse - snake - hawk

• a. Snake- hawk – skunk - mouse

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

What’s the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make their own food

• Break down food

• Eat other species and keep them from overlapping

• Add nutrients to the soil

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Which of the following is a producer?

• Maple tree

• Sunfish

• Bear

• Mushroom

Example of decomposer in an ecosystem.

• Fungus

• Plants

• Frogs

• Mouse