Adedokun Ecosystem

Which statement below best describes an ecosystem?

• An area with lots of plants and animals.
• A natural environment.
• An area made of living and non-living things.
• An animal's habitat.

What is the producer's role in a food chain?

• To make their own food using the sun's energy.
• To hunt other animals for food.
• To break down waste and dead plants.
• To eat both plants and animals. 

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A deer eats grass and leaves from bushes and trees.  What kind of consumer is a deer?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore

A hawk flies low over the grassland, hunting for a prairie dog.  Which organism is the predator?

• The hawk
• The prairie dog
• Neither are predators.

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Living things that get energy by eating

• producer
• consumers
• decomposer

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living things that make their own food

• producer
• consumers
• decomposer

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a living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead plants and animals

• producers
• consumers
• decomposers

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A simple food chain includes hawks, lizards, and insects. Which will most likely happen to the lizard and hawk populations if a pesticide is sprayed to kill the insects, and the lizard and hawk populations cannot find other food in this ecosystem?

• Both the lizard population and the hawk population will increase.

• Both the lizard population and the hawk population will decrease.

• The lizard population will increase, but the hawk population will decrease.

• The lizard population will decrease, but the hawk population will increase.

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Which organism is a producer?

• frog

• mushroom

• grass

• lizard

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A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

• omnivore

• prey

• producer

• scavenger