Science Fusion

What is the initial source of energy in most ecosystems?

• sunlight

• decomposers

• nutrients in air

• oxygen in air

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Which is an example of a producer?

• snake

• bird

• cactus

• dog

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What is an example of a biotic factor?

• muddy soil

• cattail plants

• slow flowing water

• the air

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Cody eats a hamburger and salad. What is Cody?

• producer

• scavenger

• herbivore

• omnivore

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What do plants produce that animals need?

• food and oxygen

• sunshine and rain

• carbon dioxide and food

• herbivores and carnivores

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A food chain consists of pine seed-mouse-snake-hawk. What would happen if all the mice died?

• the snakes would eat pine seeds

• the population of snakes would increase

• The population of snakes would decrease

• Cody would eat all the snakes

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What is the name for a species that is introduced to an area and grows quickly while taking other species resources?

• invasive

• native

• mean

• herbivore

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Fungi is living on one side of a tree. What is the fungis primary role?

• to be a producer

• to be a decomposer

• to make the tree taller

• To give the tree more energy from the air

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organisms that break down wastes and remains of dead organisms are called

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• chlorophyll

Most plants contain a green, food-producing molecule called

• chlorophyll

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• stems

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