Producers, consumers and decomposers

Question 1

What are producers?

Answer 1

These are mainly plants and usually make their own food and get their energy from the Sun.

Question 2

What are consumers?

Answer 2

A person or thing that eats something else.

Question 3

What are decomposers?

Answer 3

These are mainly fungi and bacteria that help break down the dead ‘matter’ from animals so they can help enrich the soil.

Question 4

Which one makes their own food
-Producers
-Consumers
Decomposers

Answer 4

Producers

Question 5

Name two different habitats

Answer 5

1. Grassland habitat
2. Ocean habitat

Question 6

How does a grassland habitat work?

Answer 6

Grass (producer) —-> Zebra (consumer/prey) —-> Lion (consumer/predator) —-> Decomposers.

Question 7

How does an ocean habitat work?

Answer 7

Sun —-> Seagrass (producer) —-> fish (consumer/prey) —-> shark (consumer/predator)

Question 8

What is a food web?

Answer 8

A food web is a series of food chains linked to create a system.