Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

What do animals take in during cellular respiration?

• Sugar and carbon dioxide

• Sugar and Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide and water

• Oxygen and Water

Where do producers get their energy from?

• the ground

• other animals

• decomposers

• the sun

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The capturing of the suns energy is possible through a process called _____________

• Chemosynthesis

• Photosynthesis

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What type of organism makes its own food?

• consumer

• carnivore

• producer

• animal

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Which choice has a group of only producers?

• red wolf, coyote, grey wolf

• sunflower, grass, pine tree

• mushrooms and worms

• seaweed, algae, mushrooms

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A consumer gets energy by

• absorbing sunlight.

• breaking down dead organisms.

• soaking it up from the ground.

• feeding on other organisms.

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem

• food web

• environment

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After the sun, where does a food chain start?

• with animals that eat plants

• with plants that eat other animals

• with plants that make their own food

All food webs include

• insects

• mushrooms

• producers

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Which is the correct sequence to show how organisms live in an environment?

• decomposer-->consumer-->producer

• consumer-->decomposer-->producer

• producer-->decomposer-->consumer

• producer-->consumer-->decomposer

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