Energy Flow and Ecosystems

Which of the following organisms are typical decomposers?

• grasses and ferns
• mushrooms and bacteria
• mice and deer
• lions and snakes

A diagram  that shows how much energy is available at each feeding level in an ecosystem is a(n)

• food chain
• food web
• water cycle
• energy pyramid

When drops of water in a cloud become heavy enough, they fall to Earth as..

• condensation
• evaportion
• permafrost
• precipitation

Organisms may be dispersed in all the following ways except by..

• wind
• water
• temperature
• other organisms

An organism that eats the remains of dead organisms is called a(n)

• scavenger
• herbivore
• omnivore
• consumer

The study of where organism live is called

• continental drift
• pangea
• biogeography
• energy pyramid

Producers capture energy from

• sunlight
• food
• plants
• sugar

Consumers obtain energy by

• eating other organisms
• eating plants
• photosynthesis
• nitrogen

Decomposers obtain energy by down

• dead organsims
• plants
• sunlight
• herbivores

Which is the producer?

• Mountain Lion
• Deer
• Rabbit
• Grass