Matter and Energy in the Ecosystem

Which organelle gives plants their green color and is responsible for taking in sunlight to provide energy for photosynthesis?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• ribosome

• chloroplast

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What do you call an organism that can make its own food?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• primary consumer

• decomposer

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Which of the following are reactants of photosynthesis?

• glucose

• water

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

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Which of the following are the PRODUCTS of photosynthesis?

• carbon dioxide

• water

• oxygen

• glucose

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What do you call an organism that must consume other organisms for food?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• producer

• phytoplankton

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Organisms that break down waste and dead organisms.

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• detritus

Consumers are

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

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Producers are

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

An organism's place on a food chain is also called its

• trophic level

• food chain level

• energy level

• biomass level

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Energy used by most living things on Earth comes from the process of photosynthesis.

• True

• False

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