Producers and Consumers Decomposers

What do decomposers eat?

• only plants

• plants and animals

• only other animals

• dead organisms

I am the chef for the ecosystem because I am the only organism that can make my own food.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In the energy pyramid, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which type of organism uses water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun to make its own food?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which type of organism needs to eat other plants and animals to survive?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

What type of organism is the prairie dog?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

In the energy pyramid above, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which type of organism breaks down waste and dead organisms, then returns the nutrients to the soil?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

In this food chain, which organism is the secondary consumer?

• grass

• antelope

• lion

• dung beetle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In this food chain, where does the antelope get its energy?

• sun

• grass

• lion

• dung beetle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3