NC Ecosystem

What abiotic factors might you find in an ecosystem?

• Mammals, insects, and birds

• Plants, fungi, and lichen

• Rocks, air, light, and soil

• Bacteria and other microbes

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

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The mouse in this food web would be considered a:

• Primary Consumer

• Producer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk

• Spider

• Grasshopper

• Shrew

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Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• biotic factors

• ecology

• ecosystems

All of the populations that live in one area together

• limiting factors

• populations

• community

• speed limit

The process that plants, algae, and some bacteria use to take in carbon dioxide from the environment and use it to make food.

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Respiration

• Food web

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them.

• They may eat more than one other organism.

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.

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The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket

• grasshopper

• frog

• snake

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