Ecosystem Unit Review

What makes up the cardinal population in Prince William Forest Park?

• all the birds in Virginia

• all the cardinals living in Prince William Forest Park

• all the living and nonliving components at the edge of the forest

• only the living things at the edge of the forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following would be a part of the community in which the cardinals live? Select ALL possible answers.

• rocks

• trees

• water

• other birds

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which three components of an ecosystem are nonliving? Select all three.

• Air

• Nutrients

• Decomposer

• Sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which description best completes this table?

• a field mouse

• all the nonliving components in the meadow

• all the food the field mouse eats

• all the producers in the meadow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The energy in any ecosystem comes from the ______.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy is returned to the nutrient pool through ______.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Study this food chain. What is the producer?

• grasshopper

• mushroom

• snake

• grass

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Study this food chain. What is a consumer?

• grass

• mushroom

• sun

• owl

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Study this food chain. What is the decomposer?

• grass

• owl

• grasshopper

• mushroom

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which component of this ecosystem has the most amount of energy?

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• insects

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3