Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

Organisms that use an outside energy source, such

as the Sun to produce their own food are called _____.

• Consumers

• Herbivores

• Heterotrophs

• Producers

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Organisms that cannot make their own food are called _____. They obtain energy and nutrients from other organisms.

• autotrophs

• consumers

• chemosynthesizers

• producers

Organisms that eat only producers are called _____.

• autotrophs

• carnivores

• herbivores

• scavengers

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Organisms that eat both producers and consumers are called _____.

• carnivores

• decomposers

• omnivores

• saprophytes

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Organisms that eat herbivores, omnivores, and other carnivores are called _____.

• autotrophs

• carnivores

• parasites

• producers

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Organisms that consume the bodies of dead organ-

isms or wastes produced by living organisms are called _____.

• detritivores

• herbivores

• hosts

• producers

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Detritivores that eat the bodies of animals killed by carnivores or omnivores are called _____.

• decomposers

• pioneer species

• producers

• scavengers

Microscopic organisms that cause the decay of dead organisms or wastes produced by living organisms are called _____. Most are fungi and bacteria.

• autotrophs

• decomposers

• composers

• insectivores

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A(n) _____ is a model of energy transfer that shows how the food chains in a community are interconnected.

• biosphere

• energy pyramid

• food link

• food web

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The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen, which is used by living things to make _____, moves from the atmosphere to the soil into the bodies of living organisms and back to the atmosphere.

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• proteins

• water

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