Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem

A __________________ is a type of animal that hunts other animals to eat. 

• prey
• herbivore
• predator
• producer

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A consumer gets energy by doing what?

• Making it themselves.
• Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
• Soaking it up from the ground.
• Feeding on other organisms.

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A food chain is?

• Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

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This diagram shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• Energy Pyramid
• Food Web
• Ecosystem
• Food Chain

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Grass is considered a ...

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composers

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

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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An organism that can make its own food is called?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Herbivore

What is an example of a decomposer?

• Plum
• Mushroom
• Deer
• Bird

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Oxygen is released into the air by

• The sun
• Animals
• Volcanoes
• Plants

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Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?

• Sunfish
• Freshwater shrimp
• Paramecium
• Green Algae

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