Ecosystem Ecology

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph 

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Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)

• Tertiary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Quaternary Consumers 

• Top Predators 

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What is the correct order for this food chain?

• Owl, Mouse, Grasshopper, Grass

• Grass, Mouse, Owl, Grasshopper

• Grass, Owl, Grasshopper, Mouse

• Grass, Grasshopper, Mouse, Owl

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Which of these organisms is the producer?

• Owl

• Mouse

• Grasshopper

• Grass

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What is the hawk in the food web?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

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All the living and non-living factors that interact in an area

• ecosystem

• carnivore

• niche

• population

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Which of these organisms is the secondary consumer?

• Owl

• Mouse

• Grass

• Grasshopper

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Biotic factors are

• Living

• nonliving

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A biotic factor that limits the size of a population would be:

• food

• space

• water

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