Ecosystems and Food Chains Quiz Practice

What is the primary power source for most ecosystems?

• Wind energy

• Geothermal energy

• Nuclear energy

• Sun's energy

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Which organisms make their own food through photosynthesis?

• Animals

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Plants

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What type of consumer eats only plants?

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• Consume other organisms

• Make food for producers

• Break down dead matter into nutrients

• Provide shelter to animals

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What do food chains show?

• How energy is passed from producers to the Sun

• How energy is passed from consumers to decomposers

• How energy is passed from one organism to another

• How energy is passed from the Sun to producers

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What do energy pyramids show?

• How much energy is passed from one organism to the next in a food chain

• How much energy is passed from the Sun to producers

• How much energy is passed from consumers to decomposers

• How much energy is passed from producers to the Sun

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What do the directions of the arrows in a food chain/web indicate?

• Who eats who

• The flow of energy

• Who gets eaten

• I didn't pay attention in Miss Kline's class

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The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat

A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an 

• animal
• abiotic factor
• biotic factor
• organism

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Consumers that eat both plants and animals are?

• herbivores
• carnivores
• omnivores
• decomposer