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Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the role of producers in nature? | to make their own food using sunlight |
| Which process do producers use to make their own food? | photosynthesis |
| Which consumer group eats other animals? | . carnivores |
| Which consumer group eats plants and other animals? | herbivores |
| What organisms are examples of producers? | plants and algae |
| How do consumers get their energy? | by eating other living things |
| What helps plants grow by putting important nutrients into the ground? | decomposers |
| What do producers, consumers, and decomposers create together in nature? | a balanced and connected web |
| A _______________is an illustration that shows how energy is passed from one living thing to another. | food chain |
| A ______________is an illustration that shows how animals are connected in their search for food within an ecosystem. | food web |
| Green plants can make food in their leaves. A living thing that can make food with energy from the sun is called a ____________________ | producer |
| Animals get their energy by eating plants and animals. A living thing that needs to eat to obtain energy is called a ______________. | consumer |
| Mushrooms cannot make their own food and they do not eat food. Instead, they get their energy by breaking down and absorbing dead organic matter. These types of living things are called _____________ | decomposers. |
| A leopard seal eats fish and penguins. It never eats plants. Since the leopard seal eats only meat, it is a _______________ | carnivore. |
| A deer eats grass and plants found in its habitat. Since the deer eats only plants, it is an ___________________ | herbivore. |
| A raccoon eats other animals like crayfish, as well as plant life. Since the raccoon eats both plants and animals it is an | omnivore. |
| consumers eat producers to gain _________________ | energy |
| Producers make their own _________________- | food |
| more than one food chain put together is called a | food web |
| energy ______________, it does NOT cyle | flows |
| Energy does not _____________ | cycle |
| in a food chain energy comes from the | sun |
| producers use the sun to do | photosynthesis |