Ecosystem Ch 4 Quiz

Which is a decomposer?

• Fly

• Squirrel

• Sunflower

• Bird

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What is the primary source of energy in most ecosystems?

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

• Sunlight

• Omnivores

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What makes its own food using the sunlight, air, and water?

• Predators

• People

• Producers

• Populations

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Eastern cottontail rabbits, found in forests, eat grass, leafy greens, and shrubs. These rabbits can best be described as –

• carnivores living in an aquatic ecosystem

• producers living in a water-related ecosystem

• omnivores in a food chain

• herbivores in a terrestrial ecosystem

An animal that hunts other animals is called a –

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

Chipmunks run quickly to hide when a hawk circles in the air. To the hawk, the chipmunk is –

• a producer

• its prey

• a consumer

• its ecosystem

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What are the living components in an ecosystem?

• plants

• sunlight

• animals

• air

Ecosystems are complex and diverse. They –

• protect habitats through conservation

• contain both living and nonliving things

• measure their success by the number of living creatures

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What are examples of terrestrial ecosystems?

• Forests

• Oceans

• Deserts

• Grasslands

• Rainforests

Choose the Aquatic ecosystems.

• Freshwater

• Rainforests

• Oceans

• Deserts

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