Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

True or False:

Organisms are living things

• true

• false

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What is a producer?

• organism that cannot make their own food so they eat other organisms

• organism that makes their own food

• organism that break down dead organisms

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What is a decomposer?

• an organism that breaks down dead organisms for energy

• an organism that makes its own food

• an organism that eats other organisms

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

Does a food chain start with the sun?

• yes

• no

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What is a consumer?

• an organism that breaks down dead organisms

• an organism that makes its own energy and food

• an organism that eats other organisms for energy

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What is a food web?

• a model that contains many food chains

• a model that contains one food chain

• a model that shows where the sun gets its energy

• a model that shows how decomposers break down organisms

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True or False:

A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem

• true

• false

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

What is the source of all energy?

• water

• food

• decomposers

• sun

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If there is a change in the environment, the organism will either die or have to leave

true or false

• true

• false

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What do the arrows in a food web show?

• who is the most powerful

• the next organism that uses the energy

• the prey

• the sun

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