Fungi

Plankton

Oak tree

Osprey

1. fungi, 2) grass, and 3) cricket

1. mushroom, 2) rose bush, and 3) palm tree

1. grass, 2) cricket, and 3) vulture

1. osprey, 2) snake, and 3) frog

Bacteria

Fungi

Worm

All of the choices are correct

To capture the energy of the Sun for plants to make food

Break down dead organisms

Produce oxygen for consumers

Bring nutrients to producers and consumers

A decomposer breaks down organic material

A decomposer eats producers

A decomposer is responsible for providing energy to tertiary consumers

A decomposer is at the top of the food chain and is an apex predator

Producers would not have enough nutrients, and waste would pile up.

Primary consumers will have nothing to eat and starve.

Final consumers will have to start eating producers.

The Sun will direct its energy towards other organisms in the food chain.

Decomposers recycle nutrients back into the soil so that they can be taken up by the roots of plants.

Decomposers attract more sunlight which gives producers the energy they need to make food.

Decomposers do not help producers in any way; in fact, they are harmful to them.

Decomposers distract many of the primary consumers from threatening or eating the producers.

producers

decomposers

consumers

predators

decreasing the Earth's temperature.

returning energy and nutrients to the environment.

releasing harmful chemicals into the atmosphere.

creating clean drinking water for humans, plants, and animals.