Science Review - Topic 9

An ecosystem is a community of animals and plants interacting with their ____________.

• habitat
• climate
• environment
• community

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Which is an example of an abiotic factor in a desert?

• Sun
• cactus
• scorpion
• snake

Which is an example of a biotic factor in a desert?

• Sun
• soil
• snake
• minerals

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Which answer best describes a producer in an ecosystem?

• a living organism
• a living organism that produces its own food
• a living organism that produces its own food and is food for other living organisms
• a living organism that produces and consumes other living organisms

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Which answer best describes a consumer in an ecosystem?

• A living organism that eats other living organisms
• Someone that buys something
• A living organism that produces food for other living organisms
• An abiotic factor

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Which answer best describes a decomposser?

• an organism that produces oxygen
• an organism that is dead and decomposing
• an organism that is not natures recycler
• an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

An ecosystem describes a specific area where the organisms ______ _______ as a unit.

• work together

• living components

• are home

• break down

Living components can be sorted into three groups. What are the 3 groups?

• fish, water, and sharks

• producers, consumers, and decomposers

• living, nonliving, and home

• basic need, living, and nonliving

__________ play the role of producers.

• animals

• sunlight

• plants

• energy

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Plants use energy from ______ to make food.

• stars

• moon

• planets

• sunlight

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