Science 5 A-4

Where are most of the nutrients in the tropical rainforest found?

• soil
• living things
• air
• water

What is a niche?

• a place to live
• what a species eats
• a species role
• adaptation

In the rainforest, howler monkeys and leaf cutter are part of the same what?

• community
• niche
• species 
• population

The process of making sunlight into energy is called what?

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• pollination
• scavenging

An organism that helps break down dead organisms is what?

• scavenger
• decomposter
• carnivore
• herbivore

As you move up the energy pyramid what happens?

• The energy stays the same
• The energy increases
• The energy decreases
• There is no energy

A diagram that shows energy and nutrients passing among organisms in an ecosystem is...

• food pyramic
• food web
• food chain

A diagram that is a combination of all of the organisms, nutrients, and energy is called what?

• food web
• food chain
• energy pyramid

What do consumers give off that producers need?

• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• sugars
• all of the above

Bacteria in the ground can change nitrogen compounds back into ________________ released back into the air.

• sugars
• oxygen
• protiens
• nitrogen gases