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1

Select the type of organism that eats dead plants.

Producers

Producers and Consumers

Decomposers

Consumers

Explanation

There are three main types of organisms that make up a food chain: producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Producers produce, or make, their own food. Plants are producers because they make their own food using sun, water, and carbon dioxide.

Consumers are animals that can't make their own food, so they eat, or consume, plants and/or other animals.

Decomposers eat dead plants and animals. Bacteria and fungi are common examples of decomposers.

Decomposers is the correct answer.

2

Select the type of organism that eats living plants.

Producers

Producers and Consumers

Decomposers

Consumers

Explanation

There are three main types of organisms that make up a food chain: producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Producers produce, or make, their own food. Plants are producers because they make their own food using sun, water, and carbon dioxide.

Consumers are animals that can't make their own food, so they eat, or consume, plants and/or other animals.

Decomposers eat dead plants and animals. Bacteria and fungi are common examples of decomposers.

Concumers is the correct answer.

3

Select the type of organism that produces its own food.

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers

Producers and Consumers

Explanation

There are three main types of organisms that make up a food chain: producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Producers produce, or make, their own food. Plants are producers because they make their own food using sun, water, and carbon dioxide.

Consumers are animals that can't make their own food, so they eat, or consume, plants and/or other animals.

Decomposers eat dead plants and animals. Bacteria and fungi are common examples of decomposers.

Producers is the correct answer.

4

Humans are categorized as what type of organisms?

Producers

Producers and Consumers

Decomposers

Consumers

Explanation

There are three main types of organisms that make up a food chain: producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Producers produce, or make, their own food. Plants are producers because they make their own food using sun, water, and carbon dioxide.

Consumers are animals that can't make their own food, so they eat, or consume, plants and/or other animals.

Decomposers eat dead plants and animals. Bacteria and fungi are common examples of decomposers.

Humans eat plants and/or animals; thus, humans are consumers.

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