LinkIt Test - Unit 2 Test: Ecosystems 24-25

Energy and other materials from dead organisms are recycled back into the soil by ____.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• nonrenewable resources

Which are necessary for plants to produce energy? Select all that apply.

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

• water

How is a fungi, like mushrooms, different than a plant........because they are?

• producers

• composers

• decomposers

• bacteria

Animals are _________.

• producers

• consumers

• predators

• prey

What breaks down decaying material in an ecosystem?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Sun

Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called .

• herbivores

• carnivores

• predators

• prey

The amount of water in an ecosystem can be a limiting factor on the number of organisms living in that ecosystem.

• True

• False

A hawk flying over a mouse. What word best describes the hawk?

• decomposer

• herbivore

• predator

• prey

The job of decomposers is to break down dead plants and animals into useful substances. This job is their .

• adaptation

• skill

• niche
• habitat

A consumer eats animals for energy.

• True

• False