Ecology Food Chain

What is the process that producers use when they are making food?

• photosynthesis

• photographics

• photovolataics

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Which definition best fits the term biotic?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Ecology

• Environment

• Symbiosis

• Community

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The biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

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What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses

• sunlight, water,  and air

• elephants, plants, trees 

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Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Snake

• Hawk

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What is one example of the way that energy flows in the food chain above?

• Energy flows from grass to the Sun

• Energy flows from hawks to snakes

• Energy flows from grasshoppers to finches

• Energy flows from snakes to finches

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What is a part of the food chain that makes its own food and nutrients?

• consumer

• producer

• omnivore

• sun

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

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What do the arrows show in a food chain picture?

• They always point to the smallest animals.

• They point to the animal that tastes the best.

• They always point to the producers.

• They point in the direction that energy is flowing.

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