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Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

a man-made place where an organism grows and lives

b)

a natural place where an organism grows and lives

c)

a community of only living factors that interact and work together

d)

a community of living and nonliving factors that live and work together

2.

What is a habitat?

a)

a man-made place where an organism grows and lives

b)

a natural place where an organism grows and lives

c)

a community of only living factors that interact and work together

d)

a community of living and nonliving factors that live and work together

3.

TRUE OR FALSE: An ecosystems is can have many habitats.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Biotic factors are ---- or ---- parts of an ecosystem.

(a)  

5.

Abiotic factors are ---- or ----- parts of an ecosystem.

(a)  

6.

Is a chicken nugget a biotic or abiotic factor? Explain how you know a chicken nugget is that type of factor.

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7.

Producers...

a)

make their own food from sunlight

b)

are also known as heterotrophs

c)

are also known as autotrophs

d)

return nutrients back to the soil

8.

Decomposers...

a)

break down waste to gain energy

b)

break down dead organisms to gain energy

c)

are also known as autotrophs

d)

return nutrients back to the soil

9.

TRUE OR FALSE: The further you go up in a food chain or web, the less energy is passed over.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What is the formula for Photosynthesis?

(_______+_______+______ = ________+_______)

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11.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

12.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

13.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

14.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

15.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer