Ecosystem Review

One living thing. Ex. One frog, one tree, one rabbit

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

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All of the living and non-living parts of the environment in the same area.

• Population

• Community

• Organism

• Ecosystem

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Click on all the abiotic factors

• Rabbit

• soil

• water

• sunlight

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Click on all the biotic factors

• rabbit

• tree

• soil

• water

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What will happen to the rabbit population if the owl population becomes bigger?

• The rabbit population will become smaller

• The rabbit population will become bigger

• The rabbit population will stay the same

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Why are decomposers important in an ecosystem?

• They directly give energy to consumers.

• They break down dead things and put nutrients back in the ground.

• They are not important they are harmful.

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A consumer that eats only plants is called...

• an omnivore

• a carnivore

• an autotroph

• an herbivore

Herbivores are also called...

• secondary consumers

• primary consumers

• producers

• tertiary consumers

Who can make their own food through a process known as photosynthesis after receiving energy from the sun?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• The sun

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The transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem begins with a producer. A producer is an organism that produces its own food. A consumer is an organism in a food chain that obtains energy from producers or other consumers; consumers may be herbivores or carnivores.

Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

• grass → grasshopper → fish → human

• grasshopper → fish → human

• human → fish → grasshopper

• human → grasshopper → fish → grass

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