Life Science

Which of these are Ecosystems?

• Forests

• Dirt

• Tundra

• Grasslands

What is a species?

• An Italian meal eaten at lunch

• A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring

• All organisms that live in the same place at the same time

• A special role an organism plays within its habitat

What lives in an Ecosystem together with nonliving factors of the environment?

• tigers

• plants

• organisms

• consumers

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For a population to thrive, what must it have?

• food

• a beautiful view

• water

• competition

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What is a predator?

• A host

• A board game

• An animal eating the prey

• A parasite

What are the 3 groups of consumers?

• Omnivore

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

Organisms can be divided into 3 main groups: producer, consumer, and decomposer. What is a producer?

• an organism that gets its food by eating other organisms

• someone who sings

• an organism that creates its own food

• an organism that feeds on the remains of waste of other organisms

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This traces the path of energy as it moves from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.

• consumer

• prey

• scavenger

• food chain

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Where does energy begin in most ecosystems?

• food

• sun

• water

• soil

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What are the two factors in every ecosystem?

• trees

• energy

• animals

• matter

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