Ecosystems

Which is an example of an abiotic factor in a desert?

• sand

• cactus

• scorpion

• snake

Which is an example of a biotic factor in a desert?

• Sun
• soil
• snake
• minerals

Which answer best describes a producer in an ecosystem?

• an herbivore

• a living organism that eats plants

• a living organism that produces its own food using the sun

• a living organism that produces and consumes other living organisms

Which answer best describes a consumer in an ecosystem?

• A living organism that eats other living organisms

• Someone that buys something

• A living organism that produces its own food using energy from the sun

• An abiotic factor

Which answer best describes a decomposser?

• an organism that produces oxygen

• an organism that is dead

• an organism whos job is to use the sun to make its own food

• an organism whos job is to break down dead plants and animals

What is the climate in an ecosystem?

• The weather

• The average weather over many years which includes temperature and rainfall

• Where the ecosystem is located

• The average living organisms in an ecosystem

One plant or animal is a ___________.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Individual

All the biotic and abiotic factors in the same area is a ____________.

• Population

• Individual

• Ecosystem

• Community

A group of bunnies living in the forest is an example of a __________.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Individual
• Community

What is a food chain?

• The flow of energy from one thing to another

• The way animals eat each other

• The way the sun makes everything

• How the plants grow