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. images of slender wheatgrass, common shrew, long - tailed weasel, red fox, coyote in sequence use the information in the food chain to fill in the blanks below. slender wheatgrass common shrew long - tailed weasel red fox coyote there are several consumers in this food chain. only the \boxed{} eats the producer. but all the matter that each consumer eats enters this food chain when the \boxed{} makes its own food.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the producer and the first - level consumer

In a food chain, the producer is the organism that makes its own food (usually through photosynthesis). Here, the producer is slender wheatgrass. The first - level consumer is the organism that eats the producer. Looking at the food chain: slender wheatgrass → common shrew → long - tailed weasel → red fox → coyote. The first - level consumer (the one that eats the producer) is the common shrew.

Step2: Recall the role of the producer in the food chain

All the matter in the food chain comes from the producer. So, all the matter that each consumer eats enters this food chain when the slender wheatgrass (the producer) makes its own food.

Answer:

The first blank is filled with common shrew and the second blank is filled with slender wheatgrass.