ecosystem vocabulary quiz 1

A (a)   is an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms.

• decomposer
• food web
• ecologist
• molecule

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The role of an organism in an ecosystem. (a)  

• niche
• living
• once-living
• interdependence

The living parts of an ecosystem are called the (a)  

• abiotic factors.
• biotic factors.
• population.
• herbivores.

____________ break down matter in an ecosystem.

Material that is or was once living.

• prey

• predator

• symbiosis

• organic

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The ocean is an ___________.

• Terrestrial Ecosystem

• Aquatic Ecosystem

What is the first consumer that eats the producers? (a)  

• secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer
• Tertiary Consumer

What are the two main parts of an ecosystem?

• Insects

• Biome and Ecosystem

• Rocks and Sticks

• Living and non-living things (Biotic and Abiotic Factors)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

• carnivore

• microorganism

• food chain

• consumer

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A _____ is an organism that hunts, kills and eats animals

• primary consumer

• prey

• herbivore

• predator