ecology/ecosystems

A producer?

• Eats other plants and animals
• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants or animals
• Makes toys for kids

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A consumer?

• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants and animals
• Eats plants and other animals for energy
• Buys toys for kids

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A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food
• Machine that gathers trash

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Grass is an example of a

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.

• butterfly
• snake
• fox
• ladybird

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The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse
• mouse and rabbit
• rabbit and butterfly
• butterfly and frog

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All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Heterotroph

• Mutualist

An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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