Food Chains and Ecosystems

Plants are _______________________ because they use sunlight, water and nutrients to make their own food.

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• apex predators

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An invasive species will _________ an ecosystem by throwing off its balance.

• help

• improve

• disrupt

• correct

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An organism that eats other organisms to get energy

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and return nutrients to soil.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

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An organism that can make its own food using the sun’s energy.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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How much energy is passed on in an energy pyramid?

• 100%

• 20%

• 10%

• 0%

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What to the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?

• The flow of energy between organisms

• Point out the name of the orgainisms

• Point to the living things in the food web.

• Point to the nonliving things in the food chain.

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If an arrow points from a rabbit to a fox it means

• The energy is going from the rabbit to the fox when it eats it.

• The energy is going from the fox to the rabbit when the fox eats the rabbit.

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Which way do arrows point in a food web.

• Point from the prey to the predator

• Point from the predator to the prey

• Point from the food to what is eating it

• Point from the animal eating to the food.

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What is eating the grasshopper? Choose all that apply.

• Owls

• Birds

• grains

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