LS1 Review

Which role do plants play in the flow of energy within an ecosystem?

• consumers

• decomposers

• herbivores

• producers

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Select the two statements that explain the role of plants in an ecosystem.

• Plants absorb energy from water and minerals in the ground.

• Plants perform photosynthesis and provide the energy to the ecosystem.

• Plants make most of their energy during the night so that they can use it during the day.

• Plants make most of their energy by breaking down food that is produced by other organisms.

• Plants are organisms that convert the sun's energy into food used for growth and development.

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Something that eats dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil is known as a __________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• composer

Which of the following is a characteristic of a herbivore?

• Eats plants to gain energy

• Eats animals to gain energy

• Eats both plants and animals to gain energy

• Breaks down dead matter into nutrients

A raccoon is which type of consumer?

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

What makes this life cycle possible?

• air

• water

• the sun

• the moon

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How is the hummingbird helping the flower? How is the flower helping the hummingbird?

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Imagine a group of beavers were moved from Ohio to another part of the world. How would the new ecosystem be affected if it lacked animals that preyed on beavers? How would the beavers be affected if the new ecosystem had a different climate?

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The table shows the foods eaten by animals in a meadow ecosystem.

Choose a correct answer that is a food web of this ecosystem.

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