Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Organisms that can make their own food are called

• Consumers

• Producers

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

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Producers get their energy from

• coffee

• the soil

• water

• the sun

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Organisms that have to eat other organisms are called

• producers

• autotrophs

• consumers

• prey

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Another word for producer is

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• carnivore

• decomposer

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An organism that cannot make its own food is called a(n)

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• producer

An organism that only eats plants is call a(n)

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a(n)

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

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An organism that only eats animals is called a(n)

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

___% of energy is passed from one organism to another.

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1000

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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