Ecosystem Quiz

What is an ecosystem composed of?

• Only living communities

• Only nonliving components

• Both living communities and nonliving components

• Only animals and plants

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Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• Sunlight

• Rocks

• Trees

• Temperature

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What does the term 'abiotic' refer to?

• living

• nonliving

What does interdependency in an ecosystem imply?

• Living things depend on nonliving things only

• Nonliving things depend on living things only

• Living things depend on other living things only

• Living things depend on both biotic and abiotic factors

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What happens when an organism's environment changes?

• Populations get M.A.D. (migrate, adapt, or die)

• Populations increase in size

• Populations do not get affected

• Populations become static

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What do consumers do to obtain their energy?

• Make their own food with sun's energy

• Get nutrients from dead or decayed organisms

• Receive energy by eating other organisms

• Absorb energy from the soil

Which of the following is a characteristic of consumers in an ecosystem?

• They have a mouth

• They produce their own food

• They recycle nutrients

• They absorb sunlight

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• they produce their own food with the sun's energy

• they get nutrients from dead/decayed organisms

• The receive their energy by eating other organisms

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Which type of organism is an herbivore?

• Eats meat

• Eats both plants and meat

• Eats plants

• Makes its own food

What does an omnivore eat?

• Only plants

• Only meat

• Both plants and meat

• Neither plants nor meat