Unit 1: Ecology, MHS

What is the source of all the energy in the ecosystem?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Sunlight

• Carbon

• Water

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A(n) organism that needs to eat another organism to survive is called a....

• Producer

• Plant

• Consumer

• Animal

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Energy cycles back to the beginning of the food web.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Energy enters an ecosystem with the sun but does not cycle back to the start. It is lost through metabolic processes that organisms use to live (only 10% moves up to the next trophic level).

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Nutrients cycle back to the start of an food web.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

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What organism cycles nutrients back to the start of the food web?

• Decomposer

• Sun

• Producer

• Consumer

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Plants are called _ because _ .

• consumers, they need to get energy by eating another organism

• producers, they need to get energy by eating another organism

• consumers, they make their own food through photosynthesis

• producers, they make their own food through photosynthesis

Answer explanation

Plants are producers. They produce their own energy through photosynthesis (sunlight + water).

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Select all options that are abiotic factors:

• Tree

• Rock

• Rain

• Eagle

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Select all options that are biotic factors:

• Tree

• Rock

• Rain

• Eagle

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What are examples of abiotic limiting factors? Select all that apply.

• Drought

• Food Supply

• Predators

• Temperature

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What are examples of biotic limiting factors? Select all that apply.

• Drought

• Food Supply

• Predators

• Temperature

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