Ecosystems

Which two organisms are consumers?

• Hawk and Mountain Lion

• Snake and bird

• Grasshopper and bees

• Hawk and rabbit

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

• trees

• bugs

• sand

• humans

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Which item below do producers most use to get energy?

• consumers

• decomposers

• wind

• sunlight

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Which organism below is a consumer?

• spruce tree

• tulip

• bald eagle

• dogwood flower

How would you best summarize the difference between a consumer and a producer?

• Producers are small and consumers are large.

• Producers make food and consumers eat food.

• Consumers make food and producers eat food.

• Producers are always green and consumers are multicolored.

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A living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem.

• carnivore

• Abiotic factore

• producer

• Biotic factor

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Which organism is a producer?

• deer

• spider

• ladybug

• sunflower

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What are all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with one another called?

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• habitat

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Which best explains why producers are an important part of an ecosystem?

• They pass the Sun's energy on to other organisms.

• They pass energy from consumers to decomposers.

• They make their own energy and pass it on to other producers.

• They pass energy from first level consumers to second level consumers.

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When an animal dies in an ecosystem a mushroom will sometimes grow on the remains of the animal. Which best describes the role of the mushroom in the ecosystem?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• scavenger

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