Ecosystem Unit Test

Which organisms feed on the remains of dead plants and animals?

• omnivores

• herbivores

• decomposers

• carnivores

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Organisms that use energy from the sun to make their own food are called

• carnivores

• consumers

• omnivores

• producers

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In a food chain, the organism pictured is considered a(n)

• autotroph

• consumer

• herbivore

• decomposer

What type of organism would recycle a dead tree in the forest?

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger

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Beginning with the producer, which represents the correct order in a typical food chain?

• producer

• grass-rabbit-fox-mountain lion

• mountain lion-fox-rabbit-grass

• grass-fox-rabbit-mountain lion

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How do some animals, such as bears, deal with seasonal changes in the environment that result in cold temperatures and little food?

• They hibernate.

• They become extinct.

• They are camouflaged.

• They leave and find another home.

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If an animal lives in an ecosystem that changes slowly over many years, how will it most likely respond to the change?

• It will adapt.

• It will hibernate.

• It will become extinct.

• It will leave the area.

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What organism is the producer?

• Arthropds

• Birds

• Fungi

• Plants

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A mouse eats acorns and seeds on the ground. Then, a hawk eats the mouse. What is the hawk's role in this food chain?

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• prey

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The hairy rattleweed is a plant that grows in open pine woods in Georgia. Many of these woods have been cut down. How does this change in the environment MOST LIKELY affect the hairy rattleweed?

• The number of plants will decrease.

• The number of plants will increase.

• The number of plants will remain the same.

• The number of plants will first increase, then decrease.

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