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living things that make their own food

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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Which statement below best describes an ecosystem?

• an area with lots of plants and animals

• a natural environment

• an area made of living and non-living things

• an animal's habitat

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What is the producer's role in a food chain?

• To make their own food using the sun's energy

• To hunt other animals for food.

• to break down waste and dead plants

• to eat both plants and animals

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What model is used to show how food chains connect to one another?

• energy pyramid

• food web

• ecosystem drawing

• herbivore

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.................. is the movement of worn-away rocks or soil.

• Resource

• Erosion

• Competition

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Which organism is a producer?

• apple tree

• butterfly

• mushroom

• fox

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In a food chain hawks consume snakes and mice. If the mouse population stays the same, but the snake population decreases, what could happen to the number of foxes?

• The number of foxes could decrease because they will eat fewer mice

• The number of foxes could increase because they will only have mice to

  eat.

• The number of foxes could decrease because they will compete more for

  available food.

• The number of foxes could increase because they will compete less for

  available food.

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A local park has a lake with green algae floating in it. What is the role of the algae in this aquatic ecosystem?

• decomposer

• omnivore

• consumer

• producer

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Which is an example of a consumer eating another consumer in an grassland ecosystem?

• fox eating a rabbit

• rabbit eating grass

• earthworm eating decaying leaves

• mouse eating seeds

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How are bison and wolves classified?

• as decomposers

• as carnivores

• as producers

• as consumers