Matter Cycles and Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Energy CANNOT be...

• Given to your friend

• Lost to the environment as heat

• Created or destroyed

• transferred to the surroundings

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A producer is an organism that...

• breaks down waste

• eats other animals

• a herbivore

• makes its own food

Fungi are...

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

• carnivores

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The general name for an organism that eats plants and animals.

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• folklore

To cycle means...

• a small unit of life

• a place an organism lives

• to repeat a process

• the weight of living things

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A rattlesnake is best described as a..

• decomposer

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

A grasshopper is a ...

• decomposer

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Which of these shows a possible food chain for an ecosystem?

• shark--> fish --> plankton -->sun

• sun --> plankton --> fish --> shark

• plankton --> sun --> fish --> shark

• plankton --> fish --> shark --> sun

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If an organism uses photosynthesis to make its energy, it is a _____.

• tertiary consumers

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

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Trees, flowers, and seeds are all examples of _______.

• producers

• abiotic factors

• a community

• a food chain

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