Ecosystems 1

An organism that gets its energy directly from the sun and changes the energy into a form that other organisms can use is a

• Scavenger

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that breaks down dead things and wastes is a

• decomposer

• carnivore

• omnivore

• consumer

An organism that depends on producers for food is a

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• fungus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A _______ is all the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem

• Niche

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

An organism’s specific job or function in an ecosystem is its

• habitat

• community

• niche

• role

An ________ consists of all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth.

• exoskeleton

• habitat

• ecosystem

• niche

A consumer that eats only other consumers is a .

• herbivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

• carnivore

A ______________ keeps the ecosystem clean by eating what has already died

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Heribivore

• Scavenger

The nonliving part of an ecosystem is the _______

• Biome

• Environment

• Niche

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The original source of energy for all living things is the

• Producers

• Sun

• Mantle

• Earth