Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem?

• where I live

• all of the living and non living things and all their interactions

• all of the living things and their interaction with each other

• where I live

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living

• having a metabolism and the ability to maintain life processes

• all dead things

• all things that eat

• all things that are gone

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What is a non living thing?​

• a part of an ecosystem that is not living
• all things that are alive
• everything around me
• nothing

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A consumer eats

• the sun's light

• other organisms

• only plants

• only meat

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What do herbivores consume to get energy?

• plants
• Sun

• both plants and meat

• meat only

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An omnivore eats plants and

An example of a carnivore is

• shark

• rabbit

• oak tree

• mushroom

Where does a producer get its energy from?

• water

• other animals

• the sun

• plants

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What is a decomposer?

• an organism that consumes dead or nonliving biomass
• an organism that consumes live animals

• an organism that only likes plants

• an organism that feeds off plants

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The sun is a

• living organism

• carnivor

• herbivore

• non living component

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