All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area make up a(n) ___.

• ecosystem

• organism

• nutrient

Living things are also called ___.

• biotic

• abiotic

Nonliving things are also called ___.

• biotic

• abiotic

Another name for a living thing is ___.

• ecosystem

• organism

• ecology

Scientists that study ecosystems and teach other people about them are called ___.

• chemists

• botanists

• ecologists

A ___ is any organism that makes its own food.

• consumer

• herbivore

• producer

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Energy enters most ecosystems as ____.

• sunlight

• moving air

• water currents

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Photosynthesis is ___.

• the process that most plants use to get water

• the process that most plants use to make their own food

• the process that animals use to get food

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During photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide and ___ to make food.

• oxygen

• water

• air

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During photosynthesis, plants produce sugar and ___.

• light

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

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