Ecosystem

What is a consumer?

• Two or more food chains that overlap.

• A nonliving part of an ecosystem.

• An organism that makes its own food.

• An organism that eats other living things to get energy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select all consumers.

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

What is a population?

• All living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place.

• All of the organisms that live in the same ecosystem.

• All of the organisms of the same kind that live in an ecosystem.

• A nonliving part of an ecosystem.

A nonliving part of an ecosystem is called a(n) ______________?

• population

• decomposer

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select 2 examples of abiotic factors.

• Water

• Air

• Sunlight

• Flowers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bacteria and fungi are decomposers because they break down the remains of dead animals.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The food chain shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is a prey?

• An animal that hunts other animals for food.

• An animal that is scared.

• An animal that is being hunted for food by another animal.

• All small animals.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Select all that are herbivores.

• Cow

• Tiger

• Horse

• Penguin

Select all predators.

• Cheetah

• Swan

• Polar Bear

• Hawk