Ecosystems Test Review

The process by which plants make food, using energy from sunlight

• food chain

• ecosystem

• energy pyramid

• photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live

• consumer

• producer

• ecosystem

• herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats only producers

• consumer

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

An organism that makes its own food

• herbivore

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An animal that eats plants or other animals

• herbivore

• producer

• consumer

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The transfer of energy between organisms in an ecosystem

• ecosystem

• food chain

• photosynthesis

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals

• herbivore

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows how much food energy is passed to each level in a food chain

• energy pyramid

• photosynthesis

• ecosystem

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the source of energy for producers?

• the sun, because producers need light to make food

• the Earth, because soil provides warmth and nutrients

• wind, because producers need wind to scatter their seeds

• fresh water, because producers need water to make food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What kind of organism comes last in every food chain?

• carnivore

• herbivore

• decomposer

• producer