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Producer, Consumer or Decomposer? is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on classifying living things by how matter enters them, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-LS2-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Producer, Consumer or Decomposer?

5-LS2-1

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Sort each living thing into the right group.

1.Sort each one: Producer: makes its own food or Consumer: eats living things or Decomposer: rots dead things?

Sort: A caterpillar, A mushroom, Green algae

Producer: makes its own foodConsumer: eats living thingsDecomposer: rots dead things
2.Sort each one: Producer: makes its own food or Consumer: eats living things or Decomposer: rots dead things?

Sort: An earthworm, A sunflower, A frog

Producer: makes its own foodConsumer: eats living thingsDecomposer: rots dead things
3.Sort each one: Producer: makes its own food or Consumer: eats living things or Decomposer: rots dead things?

Sort: Bacteria in a compost heap, A rabbit, An oak tree

Producer: makes its own foodConsumer: eats living thingsDecomposer: rots dead things

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Answer key — Producer, Consumer or Decomposer?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A caterpillar — Consumer: eats living things 2. A mushroom — Decomposer: rots dead things 3. Green algae — Producer: makes its own food
  2. 2.1. A frog — Consumer: eats living things 2. A sunflower — Producer: makes its own food 3. An earthworm — Decomposer: rots dead things
  3. 3.1. A rabbit — Consumer: eats living things 2. An oak tree — Producer: makes its own food 3. Bacteria in a compost heap — Decomposer: rots dead things

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-LS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.