Producers, Consumers, and Food Webs

What is the energy flow in a food web?

• Energy flows from consumers to producers and then to decomposers.

• Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers.

• Energy flows in a circular motion among all organisms.

• Energy flows only from decomposers to producers.

What is a producer?

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy.

• A consumer that feeds on other organisms for energy.

• A decomposer that breaks down dead organic matter.

• A type of organism that cannot produce its own food.

What is a food chain?

• A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.

• A diagram showing the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

• A list of all the animals in a particular habitat.

• A type of food web that includes only plants.

What is a consumer?

• An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals.

• An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis.

• An organism that decomposes dead matter.

• An organism that relies on other organisms for shelter.

What is an example of a producer?

• Animals, such as lions or tigers.

• Plants, such as grass or trees.

• Fungi, such as mushrooms.

• Bacteria, such as E. coli.

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that gets energy from eating dead plants and animals.

• A type of plant that produces its own food through photosynthesis.

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals for survival.

• A microorganism that helps in the process of photosynthesis.

What is an herbivore?

• An organism that gets energy by eating only plants.

• An organism that eats both plants and animals.

• An organism that primarily consumes meat.

• An organism that does not consume any food.

What is photosynthesis?

• The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce their own food.

• A method used by animals to digest food.

• The way in which plants absorb nutrients from the soil.

• A chemical reaction that occurs only in the dark.

What is a carnivore?

• An organism that gets energy by eating only plants.

• An organism that gets energy by eating both plants and animals.

• An organism that gets energy by eating only other animals.

• An organism that can produce its own food.

What is an example of a consumer?

• Plants, such as grass or trees.

• Animals, such as rabbits or lions.

• Bacteria, such as E. coli.

• Fungi, such as mushrooms.