Ecosystems

Without decomposers, what would build up on the ground and not return to the soil?

• large rocks

• rain water

• bacteria and other microorganisms

• dead plant and animal matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the living and nonliving things in an area make up a/an

• community.

• ecosystem.

• population.

• environment.

An organism that makes its own food is a/an

• producer.

• consumer.

• predator.

• prey.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An _____ is everything that surrounds and affects a living thing.

• ecosystem

• environment

• population

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A ________ is all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community.

• ecosystem

• environment

• population

• community

Two or more overlapping food chains form a/an

• food chain

• food web

• community

• population

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

Without the Sun, which of Earth's organisms could no longer survive?

• producers only

• producers and consumers

• scavengers only

• nearly all organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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The place where an organism lives is its __________.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• organism
• population

The snake is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog
• grass
• grasshopper
• hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The frog is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog
• grass
• grasshopper
• hawk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3