Ecosystem Quiz

The food of almost any kind of animal can be traced back to ______.

• Sun

• Plants

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Organisms are related in food webs in which some __________ eat animals for food and other animals eat the __________ that eat plants.

• herbivores, carnivores

• carnivores, herbivores

• decomposers, producers

• producers, consumers

• omnivores, decomposers

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Some organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms (both plants and animals) and therefore operate as:

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• predators

Decomposition eventually restores (recycles) some materials back to the ____.

• Soil

• Food

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Organisms can survive only in environments in which their particular needs are met.

• True

• False

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Scientists use the term “Ecosystem" to mean:

• A complex system that includes living and nonliving things together in their environment.

• A complex system with only living organisms.

• A simple system with only plants.

• A system with only nonliving things.

A healthy _________ is one in which multiple species of different types are each able to meet their needs in a relatively stable web of life.

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

• Habitat

• Community

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Newly introduced species that can damage the balance of an ecosystem are called ______________ ______________.

• Consumers and decomposers

• Invasive species

• Native species

• Endangered species

This symbol represents ___________.

• Recycle

• Repeat

• Reduce

• Reuse

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When a species belongs to an ecosystem it is:

• Non-native

• Native

• Alien

• Exotic