Ecosystem Vocab Review

What type of organism breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil?

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

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The living components of an ecosystem include: ____ and ____.

• plants and animals

• living and nonliving

• water and air

• soil and sunlight

__________ play the role of producers.

• animals

• sunlight

• plants

• energy

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All consumers depend on ________ for food.

• decomposers

• other consumers

• producers

• animals

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An organism that eats only plants is classified as this?

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Producer

• Herbivore

A hyena searches the area for the remains of dead organisms. Which classification does it belong to?

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

A community of organisms together with its environment

• environment

• model

• molecule

• ecosystem

A scientist who studies ecosystems

• argument

• matter

• ecologist

• ecosystem

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A​ ​ (a)   who studies ​ (b)   is called an ​ (c)   .

• scientist

• ecosystems

• ecologist

• person

• organisms

• biologists

• environments

• teacher

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Match the following words with their correct definitions.

• organism

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

• model

• Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• environment

• A living thing, such as a plant or an animal

• ecosystem

• A community of organisms together with its environment