Ecosystems: Energy Flow

Capturing light energy from the sun and using it to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen is called what?

• Cellular respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Primary consumer

• Trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process which involves using energy from chemicals instead of light is called what?

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

• heterotroph

• chemotherapy

Consumers that get their food by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms are called what?

• carnivores

• maggots

• decomposers

• insects

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organize these organisms into the right categories

Groups:

(a) producer

,

(b) consumer

• moose

• grass

• spiders

• phytoplankton

• seaweed

• turtle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An organism that makes its own food is also referred to as what?

• producer

• consumer

• heterotroph

• animalia

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms is referred to as what?

• producer

• consumer

• autotroph

• animalia

Consumers that only eat other animals are called what?

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producer

Consumers that only eat other plants are called what?

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producer

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called what?

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producer

Each time one organism eats another organism, a transfer of _________ occurs.

• life

• energy

• life flow

• food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-3