5th Science Interdependency

Living and nonliving things interacting in an environment

• A. Organism
• B. Producer
• C. Consumer
• D. Ecosystem

A living thing

• A. Organism
• B. Producer
• C. Decomposer
• D. Ecosystem

Organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• A. Organism
• B. Producer
• C. Consumer
• D. Decomposer

Organism that produces its own food

• A. Ecosystem
• B. Organism
• C. Producer
• D. Decomposer

Organism that consumes dead organisms

• A. Organism
• B. Producer
• C. Consumer
• D. Decomposer

Many animals in an ecosystem depend on other animals for —

• A. Air
• B. Energy
• C. Shelter
• D. Water

Many birds, such as hawks, have sharp claws, called talons, on their feet.
Sharp talons help a hawk interact with which part of its environment?

• A. Water they drink from streams
• B. Diseases that make them sick
• C. The animals they catch and eat
• D. The sunlight that warms them

Plants are interacting directly with another living element of their environment when they are -

• A. Soaking up water
• B. Absorbing sunlight
• C. Attracting insects
• D. Taking in carbon dioxide

A gas released into the air by plants

• A.Carbon dioxide
• B. Oxygen
• C. Photosynthesis
• D. Exchange

A gas released into the air by animals

• A. Carbon dioxide
• B. Oxygen
• C. Photosynthesis
• D. Cycle