Life Unit 1: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

Which of the following flows through ecosystems in one direction?

• Energy

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Water

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In what form is energy that is NOT used for life processes released from living things?

• light energy

• sound energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

What is a food chain?

• The flow of energy from one thing to another

• The way animals eat each other

• The way the sun makes everything

• How the plants grow

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What is a producer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What is a consumer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

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An animal that eats other animals is a....

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

What animal is on the top of the food chain? 
*Remember Humans are on the top of all food chains because we do not get hunted. 

• Grass
• Grasshopper
• Mouse
• Owl

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What do plants need to make their own food?

• Sun, Water, and Animals

• Sun, Coke, and Soil

• Sun, Water, and Soil

• Nothing at all

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

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What is a decomposer?

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