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decomposer

• an organism that kills another organism or a prey (called predator)
• an organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns material to the environment
• an organism that gets killed by a predator (called prey)

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A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• All of these

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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In this food pyramid, which level has the greatest amount of energy?

• Producers
• Primary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Tertiary Consumers

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In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

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What is the ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem?

• The sun

• Producers

• Glucose

• Decomposers

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the transfer of carbon through naturally occurring processes between organisms and the environment

• iron cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• water cycle

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When a dead plant decomposes into the soil, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

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The model of the energy available at each level that ALWAYS gets smaller as you go up is the

• energy pyramid.

• numbers pyramid.

• biomass pyramid.

• food web.

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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