Ecosystems and Food Chains

An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material into simple chemicals is called...

• omnivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

A community of organisms interacting with one another and with nonliving factors in an area is called...

• environment

• population

• ecosystem

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms is called...

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

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Organisms that make their own food are called...

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

Click on all that are considered non-living factors in an ecosystem

• Plants

• Wind

• Temperature

• Predators

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Choose the living things in the food web that are consumers --click on the image to make it larger

• wildflowers

• hawk

• rabbit

• snake

• mouse

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Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

• mouse

• rabbit

• wildflowers

• snake

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Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose the living things that are producers...

• wildflowers

• rabbit

• snake

• grass

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Click on the image to make it larger--The rabbit gets energy from the ....

• hawk

• mouse

• wildflowers

• grass

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Click on the imgae to make it larger-- Choose the herbivores in the food web....

• hawk

• mouse

• rabbit

• snake