Ecosystems 1

What provides energy for all living things?

• producers

• the sun

• consumers

• decomposers

What is a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time?

• hibernation

• stomata

• symbiosis

• competition

What are the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments?

• symbiosis

• adaptations

• parasites

• learned behaviors

Which type of organism eats both plants and animals?

• producer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

Which organisms does a food chain begin with?

• producers

• consumers

• predators

• decomposers

What occurs whenever two or more organisms are trying to use the same resources?

• instincts

• competition

• hibernation

• migration

What is an animal that hunts and eats other animals called?

• the prey

• the producer

• the predator

• the decomposer

What is the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community called?

• migration

• symbiosis

• a food chain

• instincts

What is a consumer that eats only other consumers called?

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger

What are God-given basic knowledge and skills that an animal needs for survival called?

• habit

• instincts

• migration

• hibernation