Ecology

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• foodweb
• consumer
• food chain
• omnivore

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Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer

• herbivore
• decomposer
• heterotroph
• species

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What does fungi do to dead plants and animals?

• Leave them there
• Decompose them
• Wait for other animals to eat them
• Move away

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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Green plants are

• producers
• consumers
• herbivores
• omnivores

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

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph