Forest Ecosystem Quiz

In a forest ecosystem, what are producers primarily responsible for?

• Consuming other organisms

• Making their own food

• Decomposing dead plants and animals

• Regulating herbivore populations

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How do herbivores contribute to the balance of a forest ecosystem? Identify an example of a herbivore and its feeding habits in the energy pyramid.

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Which of the following best describes the role of consumers in a forest ecosystem?

• They fix nitrogen in the soil

• They obtain energy by eating other organisms

• They produce energy from sunlight

• They break down dead material

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What is the main function of decomposers in a forest ecosystem?

• Producing food through photosynthesis

• Breaking down dead plants and animals

• Providing shelter for producers

• Hunting herbivores

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Which group of organisms is responsible for converting solar energy into chemical energy in a forest ecosystem?

• Predators

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

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(a)   carries out the decomposition or breakdown of living tissue in a forest ecosystem.

• Fungi, Bacteria, Invertebrates

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

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An animal dies and it then ​ (a)   . The animal's body is broken down by​ (b)   . The nutrients are then put back into the ​ ​ (c)   .

• decays
• decomposers
• soil
• producers
• plant
• lives

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Match the following

• producer

• a living thing that makes its own food

• decomposer

• organism that obtains energy from dead organic matter

• consumer

• organisms that obtain food by eating other organisms

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