Organisms interact in ecosystems

A consumer that hunts and eats another animal to get energy is a/an ______________. 

• prey

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

___________ is an organism that cannot make its own food. 

• predator

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

___________ is an organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead animals. 

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

• producer

___________ is an organism that is eaten by another organism. 

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

• producer

_____________ is an organism that makes its own food for energy.

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

• producer

Which type of consumer only eats plants?

• carnivore

• scavenger

• omnivore

• herbivore

Which type of consumer only eats animals?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

Which type of consumer eats both plants and animals?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

This diagram shows a food chain from a tropical coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Jamaica. Which organism is the producer?

• brown seaweed

• queen conch

• Caribbean lobster

• Caribbean reef shark

This diagram shows a food chain from a tropical coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Jamaica. Which organism is the primary consumer?

• brown seaweed

• queen conch

• Caribbean lobster

• Caribbean reef shark