Quiz 7-A

An organism that gets its energy directly from the sun and changes the energy into a form that other organisms can use is a _______.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

An organism that breaks down dead things and wastes is a _______.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

An organism that depends on producers for food is a _______.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

A _______ is all the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem.

• population

• community

• habitat

An organism’s specific job or function in an ecosystem is its _______.

• habitat

• role

• niche

An _______ consists of all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth.

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• community

• habitat

A consumer that eats only other consumers is a _______.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

A _______ keeps the ecosystem clean by eating what has already died.

• scavenger

• predator

• herbivore

• producer

The nonliving part of an ecosystem is the _______.

• environment

• organisms

• plants

• animals

10. The original source of energy for all living things is the _______.

• sun

• moon

• earth

• stars