Ecosystems & Food Chains

______ is all the living and non-living things that exist and interact in one place.

All the members of one kind of plant or animal is called____?

A living thing that makes its own food is called a _____?

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

• scarcity

______ are organisms that break down the remains of dead animals.

• Producers

• Comsumers

• Decomposers

• Ecosystems

________ shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem and begins with producers.

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Two or more food chains that overlap are called_____?

• scarcity

• ecosystems

• producers

• food webs

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_____ occurs when a plant or animal is in short supply.

• Producers

• Scarcity

• Food Web

• Extinct

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When there is a large number of plants, animals, and other items _____ occurs.

• scarcity

• population

• overabundance

• extinct

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______ occurs when a species of plants or animals no longer exist.

• Population

• Food web

• Scarcity

• Extinction

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Which set is an example of consumers?

• grass, trees, flowers

• fungi, bacteria, worms

• humans, dogs, snakes

• vegetables & fruits