Producers and Consumers in Ecosystems

Producers and Consumers in Ecosystems

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.

1. Which of the following organisms is a producer?

2. An organism that eats only plants is called a:

3. Organisms that produce their own food are called  .

4. Animals that hunt and eat other animals are known as  .

5. A food   shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.

6. Explain the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer.

7. Observe the food web below. Identify one producer, one primary consumer, and one secondary consumer.

8. Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.