Question

Organisms that make energy in the form of glucose are called ____.

Question 1 options:

consumers


decomposers


producers


parasites

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A ______________ recycles matter back into the food web and biogeochemical cycles.

Question 2 options:

autotroph


decomposer


parasite


omnivore

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What is the source of the energy converted by producers?

Question 3 options:

Sunlight


producers


consumers


autotrophs

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Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved
Autotrophs are found at the _____ of a food pyramid.

Question 4 options:

top


middle


base


on every level

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Answer 1

Answer:

Producers ( also called autotrophs) are the organisms that synthesize their own ( glucose) food using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight ( photosynthesis). They use energy from sunlight to convert it into chemical energy ( that is stored in the glucose). Autotrophs occupy the base of a food chain within the ecosystem as they are first trophic level for the energy transfer.

Decomposers ( such as bacteria and fungi that act on dead plants and animals) can recycle the organic matter back into the food web and biogeochemical cycles in the form of nutrients such as carbon and nitrogen.

Thus, the correct answers are-

1) Producers

2) Decomposer

3) Sunlight

4) Base