Unit 07 Practice Questions (23)

An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Dependent

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Producer

• Ecosystem

To rely on someone or something else

• Dependant

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Independent

A unit consisting of living organisms and the environment that they live in

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Habitat

A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Habitat

• Overpopulation

Representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Photosynthesis

• Producer

The place where an organism lives; supplies the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Photosynthesis

• Food Web

Having too many people or organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment

• Overpopulation

• Photosynthesis

• Producer

• Consumer

Process by which producers/plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• Photosynthesis

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

An organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Food Chain