Unit 1 Lesson 3 Role of Consumers

A lion is a(n) _________, an organism that gets food by eating other organisms.

• plant

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

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The process that breaks down food into simple materials that an animal's body can use is called ________.

• digestion

• circulation

• respiration

• photosynthesis

When an animal eats more food than it needs right away, its body______

• changes all the food energy into heat.

• stores the extra food energy for later.

• releases all the energy so it does not get fat.

• converts the energy into sodium to use later.

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When an animal dies, the once-living matter from the animal's body______

• regenerates so the animal can live again.

• remains exactly the same for millions of years.

• is broken down and passes into the soil and air.

• disintegrates into small particles that eventually disappear.

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Like other consumers, all of the food energy that humans use once came from the _______.

• soil

• moon

• ocean

• sun.

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A gazelle runs from a lion that is chasing it. Where does the gazelle get the energy it needs to run?

• Directly from the sunlight

• From the food it eats

• From the waste it produces

• From water it drinks

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A monkey gets the energy it needs to climb trees by eating the tree's leaves. Where did the energy stored in the leaves come from originally?

• from the soil

• from the air

• from animal wastes

• from the sunlight

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A consumer is an organism that

• creates new energy

• eats other organisms

• produces waste

• makes its own food

__________ are consumers.

• All plants

• Only bacteria

• All animals

• Only people.

Consumers can use the materials and energy from food to______

• grow larger.

• stay warm.

• reproduce.

• all of the answer choices are correct.

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