Ecology and Energy Transfer Review

Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

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Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

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A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

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Match the following organisms with their roles in an ecosystem.

• Green plants are considered...

• producers

• Fungi are considered...

• consumers

• Humans are considered...

• decomposers

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a (a)  

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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Match each example with the correct description of how a consumer or producer gets food.

• A plant makes its own food using sunlight.

• A bunny eats grass .

• An animal gets water, not food, from a source.

• A flower uses photsysnthesis to get it's food.

• A consumer eats a producer for food.

• Milo drinks water from his water bowl

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The diagram can be best described as (a)   .

• A Food Chain
• An Ecosystem
• A Food Web
• Biotic and Abiotic Factors

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Which of the following is producer/autotroph?

• rabbit

• frog

• tree

• worm

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