Ecology

Which is an example of a decomposer

• fungus

• mouse

• plants

• frogs

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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All food chains begin with ____________.

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• producers
• scavengers

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

Answer explanation

The definition of an ecosystem is all the living AND nonliving things that interact.

An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche

• biosphere

• biome

• habitat

Answer explanation

A niche is how an organism survives in their niche (how do they protect themselves, obtain food, etc)

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

Answer explanation

When we are only considering LIVING things, it is a community

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path
• food web
• trophic level
• food pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition

• mutualism

• nitrogen fixation

• energy pyramid