Ecology

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

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Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• worm
• mouse

A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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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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diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat

• succession 
• cellular respiration
• energy pyramid
• biochemical cycle

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a relationship between two in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the prey

• chemosynthesis
• predation
• cellular respiration 
• commensalism

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

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