Ecology

A biotic thing in an environment is one that

• is or was alive

• is non-living (never has been alive)

Herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores are all

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

• scavengers

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An area of land where plants and animals interact with all of the things they need to live like air and water is

• a biome

• the biosphere

• a community

• an ecosystem

Bacteria in an environment are special because they return dead material to the soil. This special role is given the name

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• scavenger

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When a bird finds, catches, and eats a worm, the predator is the

• bird

• worm

A producer in the food web shown is the

• sun

• grass

• rabbit

• hawk

• fungus

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A decomposer in the food web shown is the

• sun

• grass

• rabbit

• hawk

• fungus

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A diagram of the living things in an ecosystem that shows all of the paths energy can take as it travels from producers to consumers is a

• food chain

• food web

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A species that has been moved to a new ecosystem and is causing damage to that ecosystem is called a(n)

• consuming species

• introduced species

• invasive species

• migrating species

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Which of these things could limit the size of a population? (check all that apply)

• available food

• season of the year

• available water

• number of predators in the area

• diseases in the population

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