Parts of an Ecosystem

Which describes a decomposer?

• an organism that eats only plants

• an organism that makes its own food

• an organism that breaks down dead matter

• an organism that recieves energy from the sun

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• biotic

• abiotic

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What type of organism always starts the food chain?

• Producer (Plants)

• Consumers (Organisms)

• Predators (Organisms)

• Decomposers 

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What do arrows in a food web show?

• the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem

• what predators eat

• movement

• where consumers get food

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• biotic

• abiotic

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All the living parts of an environment (plants, animals, etc.).

• Ecology

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Population

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The non-living parts of an environment (water, sunlight, rocks, etc.).

• Ecology

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Population

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The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

• Ecology

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Population

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A community of living things and nonliving things working together.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Herbivore

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A group of connected food chains showing how living things are linked by what they eat.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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