Ecosystems and Food Webs

What do you call all of the living things AND all of the non-living things together in the same environment?

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

• producer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• primary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

• Every population would grow larger

• Everything would die out

• The animals would make their own food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposers are producers.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Is a scavenger a primary consumer?

• Yes

• No

How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?

• Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.

• Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter.

• Primary consumers eat other consumers; secondary consumers eat only plants.

• Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter; secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Sheep are herbivorous. What can you infer from this?

• They are primary consumers.

• They are producers.

• They are secondary consumers.

• They are decomposers.

Through what process do producers make their own food?

• Parthenogenesis

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A large ecosystem is called a ______

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

• Land

• Climate

• Water

• Longitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6