Ecosystem Vocabulary

all the populations living in an ecosystem.

• population
• community
• ecosystem
• species

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 plants are ______________.

• decomposer
• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• producer

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The role or job of a species in a community.

• habitat
• diet
• niche
• ecosystem

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms to survive.

• True
• False

What is the name for an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals?

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

In an energy pyramid, producers are found on the first and largest level 

• True
• False

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Which is better to show the relationships (interdependence of organisms) in an ecosystem:

• Food chain
• Food web

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What are organisms that are so similar that they can produce offspring that can also produce offspring?

• population
• niche
• species
• habitat

What is the physical location where plants and animals live?

• population
• habitat
• species
• niche

A(n) _________ consists of all the living and non-living things that interact in an area. 

• ecology
• ecosystem
• habitat

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