Unit 3 Part 2 Vocabulary Review

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

• An organism that consumes other organisms for energy

• An organism that can make their own food

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that consumes primary consumers

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Which of the following is an example of an autotroph?

• A caterpillar that eats plants

• A human eating a sandwich

• A plant that photosynthesizes to create sugar

• A bird eating a caterpillar

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What is a primary consumer?

• An organism that only consumes producers

• An organism that consumes secondary consumers

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that decomposes organic material

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Which of the following best describes a heterotroph?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that needs to consume other organisms for energy

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that decomposes dead material

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What is a herbivore?

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• An organism that only eats animals

• An organism that decomposes organic material

In a food chain, what is a secondary consumer?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that consumes primary consumers

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that decomposes dead material

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an omnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that only eats animals

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• An organism that does not eat

In a food chain, what is a tertiary consumer?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that consumes primary consumers

• An organism that consumes secondary consumers

• An organism that is eaten by primary consumers

What defines a top carnivore?

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• An organism that has no natural enemies and only eats meat

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that is preyed upon by many

What is a keystone species?

• A species that is the largest in the ecosystem

• A species on which other species in the ecosystem largely depend

• A species that is the most numerous in the ecosystem

• A species that is not important to the ecosystem

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