Wildlife and Natural Resources

Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and uranium are all examples of...

• land resources

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• mineral sources

The ability to maintain something at a certain rate or level is called...

• biodiversity

• sustainability

• conservation

• recreation

Crabs, buzzards, and vultures are examples of...

• scavengers

• decomposers

• autotrophs

• producers

What are organisms that produce their own food (like green plants) called?

• consumers

• producers

• heterotrophs

• Both producers and heterotrophs

Plants, water, solar energy are all examples of what kind of resources?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• soil and land

• biosphere

Substances washing into water sources is called...

• erosion

• conservation

• runoff

• sustainability

What does soil consist of?

• air and water

• minerals

• organic matter

• all answers are correct

Fungi and bacteria are examples of...

• scavengers

• decomposers

• autotrophs

• producers

The variety of organisms within an ecosystem is its...

• niche

• community

• habitat

• biodiversity

Consumers obtain their energy from...

• the sun

• scavengers

• other organisms

• mineral sources