Module Test: Matter in Ecosystems

Energy and other materials from dead organisms are recycled back into the soil by _____.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• nonrenewable resources

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_______________ make their own food using energy from the Sun.

• Producers.

• Consumers.

• Decomposers.

• Scavengers.

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How is a fungi, like mushrooms, different than a plant?

4) Animals are ___________.

• producers

• consumers

• predators

• prey

​ ​ ​ (a)   break down decaying material in an ecosystem.​

• Producers

• Decomposers
• Consumers

Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called (a)   .

• herbivores

• carnivores

• predators

• prey

The amount of water in an ecosystem can have an impact on the number of organisms living in an ecosystem.

• True

• False

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Look at the picture of the hawk and the mouse. What word best describes the hawk?

• herbivore

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

The job of decomposers is to break down dead plants and animals into useful substances. This job is their __________.

• A) adaptation

• B) skill

• C) niche

• D) habitat

A (a)   eats animals for energy.

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore