Chapter 4 Ecosystems Test

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) decomposer

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(b) scavenger

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(c) consumer

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(d) producer

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If all the producers disappeared what will be most likely effected first?

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

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Match the following

• prey

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• scaveger

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• predator

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A disease reduces the number of young salmon in a river. Which population will MOST likely increase as a result?

• trout and eagle

• algae and trout

• sculpin and algae

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Which lists animals that live in an aquatic ecosystem?

• black bear, deer, vole

• ducks, turtles, amphibians

• panthers, monkeys, snakes

Abiotic Factors

• Nonliving things in your ecosystem.

• Living things in your ecosystem

• An individual living thing

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Biotic Factors

• Nonliving things in your ecosystem.

• Living things in your ecosystem

• An individual living thing

Decomposers do the following...

• Eat only producers

• Help breakdown dead plant and animal remains or waste

• Make their own food

• Eat only other consumers

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An ecosystem is...

• All the living and nonliving things in a specific area

• All the living things in a specific area

• All the nonliving things in a specific area

• The area where one particular organism lives

What are some examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem?

• water, soil, and plants

• water, soil, and animals

• water, soil, and air

• water, soil, and trees

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