6th Grade Science Units 1-3 Overview

Where does the energy that travels through an ecosystem originally come from?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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Arrows in a food web represent...

• eating

• sunlight

• energy

• matter

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Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.

• butterfly
• snake
• fox
• ladybird

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What type of organism is at the beginning of every food chain?

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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The arrows in this food chain show. . .

• Where the energy goes or who eats who
• Where the sun goes
• Rabbits eat Foxes
• Plants are better than rabbits

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Which of these is a consumer?

• sun
• human
• trees
• plants

An organism that lives by breaking down dead organic matter into simpler parts is a _______________________.

• scavenger
• consumer
• decomposer
• carnivore

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An animal that only eats other animals is a _______________.

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Eat other organisms to gain energy
• Make the food for the whole food chain
• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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