Question

all of the matter in a food chain comes from the producer. many producers use photosynthesis to make their own food. the producer is eaten by a consumer. that consumer is then eaten by another consumer further up the food chain. use the information in the food chain to fill in the blanks below. persimmon tree pine vole skunk gray fox bobcat there are several consumers in this food chain. only the eats the producer. but all the matter that each consumer eats enters this food chain when the makes its own food.

Explanation:

In the given food chain, the producer is the persimmon tree. Consumers get their matter from the producer either directly or indirectly. The pine vole is the first - level consumer that eats the producer (persimmon tree). All the matter in the food chain starts when the producer (persimmon tree) makes its own food through photosynthesis.

Answer:

First blank: pine vole; Second blank: persimmon tree