Living Things and Ecosystems

How is energy transferred throughout the food web?

(Choose the option that best answers the question.)

• Energy is transferred when one organism consumes another.

• Energy is transferred by consumers absorbing energy from the sun.

• Animals such as the lion and jackal get energy by consuming producers.

• Organisms such as the mouse and owl pass energy to the producers.

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What do the arrows in the food chain represent?

• the organisms that live in an ecosystem

• the flow of energy from one organism to another

• Only interactions between producers and consumers

• Energy passed from consumer to consumer

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

• ecosystem

• food web

• environment

• population

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Which of the following is a living part of the ecosystem?

• Air

• Sunlight

• Mushroom

• Soil

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Which statement about photosynthesis is correct?

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from water.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from soil.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from sunlight.

• Plants do not require energy to perform photosynthesis.

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The products of photosynthesis are

• water and carbon dioxide

• oxygen and water

• sugar and cabon dioxide

• oxygen and sugar (glucose)

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The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.

• the Earth

• the moon

• the sun

• the food we eat/make

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Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

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What are organisms that eat both producers and consumers classified as?

• producers

• omnivores

• carnivores

• herbivores

A worm that breaks down a zebra’s body when it dies is considered a …

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• scavenger

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