Ecosystem Interactions 1

Which of the following nonliving elements do all living organisms depend on for survival?

• Water, grass, air

• Sun, air, water

• Soil, sun, rocks

• Water, rocks, air

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What do the arrows represent in this food chain?

• The direction of energy flow

• The type of food each organism prefers

• The organism's place in the ecosystem

• The space separating each organism on a food chain

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What source provides the energy to begin the food web shown in the picture?

• Plants

• Animals

• Decomposers

• Sun

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Which question below CANNOT be answered using the diagram in the picture?

• What would happen if one of the organisms was removed from the food chain?

• What are consumers?

• Which organism is a producer?

• What might a food chain from a marine environment look like?

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Which of the following would best complete the food chain shown?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Sun

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Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a non-living thing?

• An insect is food for salmon.
• Water carries a rock downstream.
• A tree gets nutrients from the soil.
• A flower makes food for a butterfly.

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All of the following are examples of living things interacting with each other EXCEPT---

• birds using trees as a place to raise young.
• squirrels spreading the seeds of trees by burying them.
• fish usingaquatic plants to lay their eggs. 
• frogs burrowing in the mud at the bottom of a pond to stay warm.

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An individual living thing is a(n) ___________.

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

Which of the following directly use the Sun's energy to produce their own food? 

• decomposers
• carnivores
• consumers
• producers

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An animal that eats another animal is called...

• Prey

• Organism

• Predator

• Mammal

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