Unit 10: Organisms and Their Environments

A ______ is an organism that needs sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make its own food.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• carnivore

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An animal that is dependent on other organisms for food is a _______.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• algae

A ______ is a material used by living things for growth and other life functions.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Nutrient

• Prey

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The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things is a _____ _____.

• food chain

• food web

• photosynthesis

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A ______ is a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead plant and animal matter.

• consumer

• producer

• prey

• decomposer

A consumer that eats only plants is a _______.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

An animal that is eaten by another animal is a ______.

• predator

• prey

• herbivore

• decomposer

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__________ is the process by which plants make food.

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposing

• Eating

• Consumer

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A cactus is a _______ and a roadrunner is a _______.

• consumer; producer

• consumer; consumer

• producer; consumer

• scavenger, producer

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Energy flows through food chains in this order: sunlight, ______, Consumer, ______.

• Consumer; Consumer

• Producer; Consumer

• Producer; Decomposer

• Prey; Predator

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