Energy in Ecosystems

What is a producer? 

• an organism that consumes other organisms
• an organism that uses the suns energy to make its own food
• an organism that breaks down other organisms 

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What is photosynthesis?

• how fungi obtain energy
• The process in which green plants use oxygen to make carbon dioxide 
• the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to make oxygen
• the process of absorbing energy by touching things 

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Where does photosynthesis take place? 

• in the chloroplast of a plant cell
• in the mitochondria of a plant cell
• in the mitochondria of an animal cell
• in the chloroplast of an animal cell

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What is the largest ecosystem on Earth? 

• savanah
• desert
• ocean 
• plain

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The following is a good representation of the law of conservation of matter: 

• The rock cycle
• landfils
• evolution
• natural selection

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Which of the following is a good representation of the law of conservation of energy?

• a food web
• rock cycle
• recycling 
• decomposition 

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What is the source of all energy? 

• producers
• sun
• consumers
• decomposers

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Which of the following statements is a comparison statement about terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems? 

• Terrestrial ecosystems are on land and aquatic ecosystems are in the water
• terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems energy originates from the sun
• aquatic ecosystems have more biotic factors than terrestrial
• terrestrial ecosystems have more access to light sources than aquatic ecosystems 

Which of the following is a biotic factor in a desert ecosystem 

• sun
• cacti
• water
• sand

Which of the following is a contrasting statement about terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems? 

• terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems energy originates from the sun
• terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems contain biotic factors
• terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems contain abiotic factors
• terrestrial ecosystems are on land and aquatic ecosystems are in the water