Unit 3 - Photosynthesis and Food Chains

Which of these choices are a difference between mushrooms and plants?

• Mushrooms grow in wet areas, and plants grow in dry areas

• Mushrooms grow in cold areas, and plants grow in hot areas

• Mushrooms reproduce by spreading roots, but plants need insects to reproduce

• Mushrooms get energy by eating decomposing (dead) things, while plants make their own energy

What is the process that plants use to create food for themselves from the sun's energy?

_ _ _ _ _ synthesis

Which of the following organisms (animals) would most likely get its food energy from eating consumers?

• Squirrel

• Tiger

• Grass

• Mushroom

What part of the plant turns the sun's energy into food?

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flowers

Food chains are important because they transfer __________ through ecosystems.

• sunlight

• energy

• air

• food

Which of these is a producer?

• Mushroom

• Worm

• Grass

• Rabbit

Most animals are part of many different food chains. Many different food chains together are called a food ___.

What does a decomposer do in a food chain?

• produces energy for the food chain

• regulates food chains

• breaks down dead things

• makes energy through photosynthesis

How do producers get energy?

• by eating animals

• by eating plants

• by changing light energy to food energy through photosynthesis

• by decomposing dead plants and animals

What role do fungi, mushrooms, bacteria, and worms play in an ecosystem?

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• herbivores