Food Chains and Food Webs

How does energy flow in ecosystems (select all three answers that apply)?

• Comes in as SUNLIGHT

• Leaves as HEAT

• Passed along FOOD CHAINS from CONSUMER to PRODUCER

• Passed along FOOD CHAINS from PRODUCER to CONSUMER

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Food chains connect AUTOTROPHS to HETEROTROPHS.

• False

• True

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food chain the arrows do NOT show THE FLOW OF ENERGY.

• false

• true

Food webs are INTERCONNECTED FOOD CHAINS.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ARROWS in food chains and food webs show the TRANSFER OF ENERGY from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposers are FUNGI, BACTERIA, or MOLD that breakdown dead BIOMASS and return NUTRIENTS to the soil to be used by plants.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposers recycle ENERGY in ecosystems.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposers recycle MATTER in ecosystems.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Scavengers are animals that feed on DEAD or DYING organisms.

• True

• False

Decomposers RETURN nutrients to the soil in that location, scavengers only EAT the material.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3