Benchmark Review 1

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Why are rotting/decaying leaves important in an ecosystem?

Back

They put useful nutrients into the soil as they rot, which is useful to other producers.

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What is a similar example of how a fossil can form?

Back

A star-shaped mold being pushed into clay.

Front

Which of the following can become fossils?

Back

Bones, Shells, Teeth (Rocks cannot become fossils).

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What kind of organism must get its energy directly from the sun?

Back

Producer.

Front

What can scientists learn from fossils?

Back

What the diet of an organism might have been.

Front

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that makes its own food using sunlight.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

Front

What is a consumer in a food chain?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?

Back

Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.