Energy in Ecosystems

What is a producer? 

• an organism that consumes other organisms
• an organism that uses the suns energy to make its own food
• an organism that breaks down other organisms 

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What is photosynthesis?

• how fungi obtain energy
• The process in which green plants use oxygen to make carbon dioxide 
• the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to make oxygen
• the process of absorbing energy by touching things 

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What is the source of all energy? 

• producers
• sun
• consumers
• decomposers

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Hetetrotroph is another word (a synonym) for

• scavenger
• producer
• autotroph
• consumer

All of the following are types of consumers EXCEPT for

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• producer

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These organisms break down decaying biotic wastes and then return the materials to the ecosystem.

• decomposers
• scavengers
• carnivores
• producers

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An maple tree takes in energy from the sun and uses it to make food for itself. This energy role is

• herbivore
• omnivore
• producer
• consumer

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Vultures use their excellent sense of smell to find newly dead organisms to eat. This energy role is 

• scavenger
• decomposer
• carnivore
• herbivore

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In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

• Fox

• Hawk

• Vole

• Grass

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In the food web above, what organism is missing from this food chain:

Grass --> Slug --> ________ --> Hawk

• Vole

• Frog

• Insect

• Thrush

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