Producers and Consumers in Ecosystems
Explore the roles of producers and consumers in various ecosystems with this comprehensive Grade 6 science worksheet.
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Producers and Consumers in Ecosystems
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. What is the primary role of a producer in an ecosystem?
To eat other organisms
To break down dead organisms
To produce their own food
To move from one place to another
2. Which of the following is an example of a consumer?
A sunflower
A mushroom
A rabbit
Grass
3. Organisms that make their own food are called .
4. Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms are called .
5. Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food through a process called .
6. All animals are producers.
True
False
7. Fungi are consumers because they absorb nutrients from dead organisms.
True
False
8. Describe the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore.
9. Explain how energy flows through a simple food chain.
Match each term with its correct definition.
10. Producer
a. An organism that eats only plants
11. Consumer
b. An organism that makes its own food
12. Herbivore
c. An organism that eats both plants and animals
13. Carnivore
d. An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
14. Omnivore
e. An organism that eats only other animals
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