Ecosystem Vocab Review 1

What do consumers do in the food chain?

• They obtain energy from other organisms. 
• They break down dead plant and animal material. 
• They use sunlight to make food. 
• They are parasites of plants. 

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

• population
• niche
• abitotic
• ecosystem

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________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

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

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

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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

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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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Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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Which of the following directly use the Sun's energy to produce their own food? 

• decomposers
• carnivores
• consumers
• producers

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An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

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