Ecosystems

A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment. 

• population
• niche
• abitotic
• ecosystem

_______ are consumers that eat only meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

What are interconnected food chains called?

• consumers
• predators
• food web

If the population of prey increases, the population of predators will ________because of the availability of food.

• decrease
• stay the same
• increase

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This drawing shows a forest ecosystem.  Which of the animals is an herbivore?

• fox
• frog
• deer
• ducks

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All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.

• biography
• biotic
• abiotic
• biology

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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