Quiz on 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

• Herbivores

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

• Mushrooms do not need the sun to get energy

• Mushrooms get energy from the sun

Animals are __________.

• producers

• consumers

Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called __________.

• carnivores

• predators

• prey

The amount of water in an ecosystem can affect the number of organisms living in that 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 __________.

• adaptation

• skill

• niche

• habitat

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A ________________ eats animals for energy.

• consumer
• producer

Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?

• rocks

• air

• animals

• water