CJ Science Practice

Producers are ​ (a)   and they make their own ​ (b)   . They get energy directly from ​ (c)   .

​ ​ ​

• plants
• energy
• sunlight
• animals
• soil

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Consumers are ​ (a)   . They get energy by ​ (b)   other living things.

• plants
• sunlight
• animals
• eating

Decomposers feed on dead ​ (a)   . They put nutrients into the ​ (b)   for producers.

• organisms
• plants and animals
• soil
• air
• decomposers

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Producer, Consumer, or Decomposer

Groups:

(a) Producer

,

(b) Consumer

,

(c) Decomposter

• bacteria

• fruits and veggies

• birds

• fix

• flies

• tigers

• flowers

• snakes

• bugs

• mushrooms

• seeds and nuts

• worms

• leaves and bark

• maggots

• grass

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What does the image show?

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What is the role of the leaves in this food chain?

• It's a producer so its role is to take energy from the sun and position it to the consumers.

• It's a consumer so its role is to eat other living things.

• It's a decomposer so its role is to feed on dead plants and animals and puts nutrients back in the soil.

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What would happen if the hawks became extinct?

• The snake population would increase; the small bird population would decrease; the grass hopper population would increase; the leaves would decrease.

• The snake population would decrease; the small bird population would increase; the grass hopper population would decrease; the leaves would increase.

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Plant

,

(b) Animal

• Orchids
• Sunflowers
• Ferns
• Tigers
• Moss
• Bears
• Eagles

• Cacti
• Catfish

• Snails

• Tulips
• River Otters

• Algae

• Lions
• Wolves
• Daisies

Rearrange the following in order to tell the direction of the food chain.

• algae

• snails

• catfish

• river otters

• eagles

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To protect the wildlife at Yellowstone, park rangers killed every wolf they could find. Why did the park rangers notice a decrease in plant life soon after?

• Before the rangers killed all the wolves, the wolves guarded the plants.

• There were no natural predators to keep the herbivore population under control.

• The herbivores were starving because the rangers killed their food sources.

• There was an increase in other predators which consumed all other food sources.

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