Benchmark Review- 1 quarter

1. Which of the animals shown in the food web below is a consumer but not a predator?

• Snake

• Skunk

• grasshopper

• Lion

• It produces food.

• It is unable to move from one place to another.

• it gets its energy from the Sun.

• It breaks down nutrients from decaying organisms.

What is the role of the Flower in the food chain?

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Predator

• Foxes

• Deer

• Black Bear

• Rabbit

• Plant

• Sun

• Insect

• Snake

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer

• None of these

Decomposers help cycle matter through a food chain because

• decomposers makes more energy just like the sun does.

• decomposers are the best animals.

• because decomposers break down dead plants and animals back into the matter that made them. This matter is returned to the soil so that plants can use it again to make nutrients that will go through the food chain.

• Fact 1

• Fact 2

• Fact 3

• Fact 4

• fungi eat the tree to gain energy.

• fungi add nutrients to the soil

• fungi provide food for the tree

• fungi protect the tree from predators

List all the living components of the desert ecosystem?

• Cactus, snake, rock, sand

• Snake, cactus, tree stump

• tree stump, snake, sun

• clouds, sun, cactus