Ecosystem Assessment #1: Lessons 1-4

All living and nonliving things that interact in an area make up a(n)

• ecosystem

• nutrient

• organism

• environment

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Scientists that study ecosystems and teach other people about them are

• chemists

• ecologists

• botanists

• economists

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Which of the following is part of the ecosystem?

• the air

• the soil

• the trees

• all of these

The organisms in an ecosystem that make up their own food are called

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

• photosynthesis

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Energy from the sun and building materials from the air are used to carry out

• photosynthesis

• sun's energy

• synthesis

• oxygenation

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To get energy and building materials so they can grow, plants use

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

• oxygen

• water

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An organism that gets food by eating other organisms is called a

• plant

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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The process that breaks food down into simple materials that an animal's body can use is called

• circulation

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• digestion

When an animal dies, the once living material from the animal's body

• regenerates so the animals can live again.

• remains exactly the same for millions of years.

• is broken down and passes into the soil and air.

• disintegrates into small particles that eventually disappear.

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All animals are considered to be

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• none of these