Ecosystems Quiz

What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?

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is a process that combines water, air, and sunlight to create food.

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Match the following

• Decomposers

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• Producers

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• Consumers

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Label the energy pyramid

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secondary consumer

primary consumer

producer

tertiary consumer

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What is a primary consumer?

• An organism that feeds on decomposers in an ecosystem.
• An organism that makes its own food.

• An organism that feeds on secondary consumers in an ecosystem.
• An organism that feeds on producers (plants) in an ecosystem.

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I am Mother Nature's recycler because I take dead things and turn them back into soil.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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are diagrams that show how energy is transferred between species

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What will happen if deer is missing in the food chain given above? Choose 2 correct options:

• The population of tiger decreases

• population of grass increases

• The population of tiger increases

• The population of grass decreases

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List 3 ways humans negatively effect local ecosystems?

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Develop a simple model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Which of the following best represents this model?

• Plants produce oxygen, animals breathe oxygen, decomposers break down dead plants and animals, and nutrients return to the soil.

• Animals produce oxygen, plants breathe oxygen, decomposers break down dead plants and animals, and nutrients return to the soil.

• Decomposers produce oxygen, plants breathe oxygen, animals break down dead plants and animals, and nutrients return to the soil.

• Plants produce carbon dioxide, animals breathe carbon dioxide, decomposers break down dead plants and animals, and nutrients return to the soil.

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