Ecosystems Test 1

A ___________ shows how food chains overlap in an entire ecosystem.

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

________________ are organisms that break down, or decompose, wastes and remains of dead animals and return the nutrients into the food web.

• Scavengers

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Organisms that cannot make their own food but eat other living things are called _____________.

• producers

• consumers

Meat-eating consumers are called _______.

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

What is an ecosystem?

• different types of organisms than coexist at the same time

• members of the same organism that live in an environment

• system including biotic and abiotic factors in an evironment

• a place made of mostly water

A shark is an example of a

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

A plant is an example of a

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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Interconnected chains to show transfer of energy is called

• a food chain.

• a food web.

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What do the arrows mean on a food chain or food web?

• "just ate"

• "died"

• "moved to"

• "gives energy to"

A ____________ is an illustration that shows how energy is passed from one living thing to another.

• herbivore

• food chain

• food web

• carnivore

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