Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem? 

• producing food from sunlight

• animals that live in certain areas

• living and nonliving things that interact in an area

• a person who studies an environment

An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.

• Living and nonliving

• Alive and dead

• Plants and animals

• Land and water

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An organism that gets food by eating other organisms? 

• producer 

• consumer

• herbivore 

• decomposer 

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What are producers? 

• organisms that store extra food 

• organisms that make their own food

• breaks down dead organisms 

• decomposes nutrients 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Deserts, mountains, and rivers are all examples of ________.

• vacation spots

• tundra

• ecosystems

• wetlands

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Label the ecosystem

b

rainforest

desert

tundra

pond

What type of ecosystem is this?

• tundra

• desert

• wetland

Label the ecosystem

b

rainforest

tundra

ocean

desert

What is an organism that breaks down dead organisms and wastes to live and grown? 

• herbivore

• consumer

• producer 

• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Most ecosystems have many food chains. What are food chains that overlap in an ecosystem and show feeding relationships? 

• unhealthy

• energy pyramid 

• food web

• matter