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This Game Will Practice Your Understanding Of Producers, Consumers, And Decomposers. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What is a producer?
a) An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
b) An organism that breaks down dead organisms and recycles their nutrients.
c) An organism that makes its own food using sunlight through the process of photosynthesis.
d) An organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals.

Which of the following is an example of a producer?
a) Lion
b) Oak tree
c) Fungus (ex. mushroom or mold)
d) Hawk

How do producers obtain energy?
a) By eating other organisms
b) By absorbing nutrients from the soil
c) By performing photosynthesis using energy from the sun
d) By breaking down dead organisms

What is a consumer?
a) An organism that obtains energy by consuming (eating) other organisms.
b) An organism that breaks down dead organisms and recycles their nutrients.
c) An organism that makes its own food using sunlight through the process of photosynthesis.
d)

Which of the following is an example of a consumer?
a) grasshopper
b) sunflower
c) mold
d) green algae

How do consumers obtain energy?
a) By eating other organisms
b) By absorbing nutrients from the soil
c) By performing photosynthesis
d) By breaking down dead organisms

What is a decomposer?
a) An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
b) An organism that breaks down dead organisms and recycles their nutrients.
c) An organism that makes its own food using sunlight through the process of photosynthesis.
d) An organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals.

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?
a) Lion
b) Oak tree
c) Fungus (ex. mushroom or mold)
d) hawk

How do decomposers obtain energy?
a) By eating other organisms
b) By absorbing nutrients from the soil
c) By performing photosynthesis
d) By breaking down dead organisms

Which of the following organisms is both a producer and a consumer?
a) tiger
b) venus fly trap
c) mouse
d) caterpillar

Which of the following describes the flow of energy through an ecosystem?
a) Energy flows from decomposers to producers to consumers.
b) Energy flows from consumers to producers to decomposers.
c) Energy flows from producers to consumers to decomposers.
d) Energy flows from decomposers to consumers to producers.

Why are decomposers essential in an ecosystem?
a) They provide energy for producers.
b) They break down and recycle nutrients from dead organisms.
c) They produce oxygen through photosynthesis.
d) They control the populations of other organisms.

In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?
a) The flow of matter
b) The flow of energy
c) The competition between organisms
d) The relationship between producers and consumers

Which of the following is an example of a food chain?
a) Grass - Rabbit - Wolf
b) Tree - Bird - caterpillar
c) Flower - Bee - Honey
d) Sun - Plant - Soil

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