Ecosystems

Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

_______ are consumers that eat only meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

How does energy enter an ecosystem? 

• sunlight
• soil 
• animals 
• invasive species 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All food chains_____________________

• have more consumers than producers
• produce and use same amount of energy
• begin with a producer
• are unhealthy 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered? 

• prey
• predator
• producer 
• healthy 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which describes a decomposer?

• an organism that eats only plants
• an organism that makes its own food
• an organism that breaks down dead matter
• an organism that recieves energy from the sun

Field mice eat corn. Which would most likely happen if the field mouse population grew?

• There would be more corn to feed the field mice.
• There would be less corn due to the mice eating it.
• The habitat would get overpopulated because the mice woudl eat too much.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is the best description of an ecosystem?

• all of the living and nonliving things in an area
• all of the individuals of one species in an are
• all of the populations of living things in an area
• all of the abiotic factors in an area