Educational worksheet categorizing organisms into producers, consumers, and decomposers with visual and textual examples.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We need to sort the 12 items into three groups: Producer, Consumer, and Decomposer.

First, let’s remember what each means:

- Producer: Makes its own food (usually from sunlight). These are plants or plant-like things.
- Consumer: Eats other living things for food. Animals that eat plants or other animals.
- Decomposer: Breaks down dead stuff — like dead animals and plants — to get energy. Usually fungi or bacteria.

Now, let’s go through each item one by one:

1. bacteria → Some bacteria break down dead things → Decomposer
2. skunk → Animal that eats insects, small animals, fruit → Consumer
3. hummingbird → Bird that drinks nectar from flowers → Consumer
4. peach tree → Plant that makes food from sunlight → Producer
5. fungi → Like mushrooms; breaks down dead material → Decomposer
6. rose bush → Plant → makes its own food → Producer
7. rabbit → Eats plants → Consumer
8. mushroom → Type of fungus → breaks down dead stuff → Decomposer
9. sunflower → Plant → makes food from sun → Producer

Wait — we have 9 items listed above, but there are 12 boxes in the image. Let me check again.

Looking back at the list under the dashed line:

Left column:
- bacteria
- skunk
- hummingbird

Middle column:
- peach tree
- fungi
- rose bush

Right column:
- rabbit
- mushroom
- sunflower

That’s only 9 items? Wait — maybe I miscounted.

Actually, looking again — yes, it’s 3 columns × 3 rows = 9 items total. The user might have thought 12, but it’s 9.

So let’s group them correctly:

✔ Producers (make their own food):
- peach tree
- rose bush
- sunflower

✔ Consumers (eat other living things):
- skunk
- hummingbird
- rabbit

✔ Decomposers (break down dead matter):
- bacteria
- fungi
- mushroom

Double-checking:

- Peach tree → plant → producer ✔️
- Rose bush → plant → producer ✔️
- Sunflower → plant → producer ✔️

- Skunk → animal → consumer ✔️
- Hummingbird → bird → consumer ✔️
- Rabbit → animal → consumer ✔️

- Bacteria → decomposes → decomposer ✔️
- Fungi → decomposes → decomposer ✔️
- Mushroom → type of fungus → decomposer ✔️

All fit perfectly.

Final Answer:
Producer: peach tree, rose bush, sunflower
Consumer: skunk, hummingbird, rabbit
Decomposer: bacteria, fungi, mushroom