4.1 Producers and Consumers

You see a grasshopper on a leaf. What could you say about how the grasshopper gets its energy?

• It gets energy from the air.
• It gets energy from the leaf.
• It gets energy from soil.
• It gets energy from water.

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Which of the following organisms is able to produce its own food?

• bear
• turtle
• trees
• deer

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Which of the following would support that insects are consumers?

• Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals.
• Insects are able to make their own food.
• Insects get their energy from the air.
• Insects are able to live without energy.

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When the owl eats a rabbit, what is the role of the owl in the food chain?

• herbivore
• consumer
• omnivore
• producer

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Which is an example of a producer?

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Living things that eat other living things are called...

• Consumers
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Animals

A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food

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Why are plants called producers?

• They make carbon dioxide
• They decompose
• They make or produce their own food

• They are omnivores

A mushroom is a 

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

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Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic materials and convert it into forms living cells can use.

• autotrophs

• chemotrophs

• heterotroph

• consumer

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