Ecosystems

Carnivores are animals that

• eat only plants

• produce their own food

• eat other animals

• consume plants and animals

What is the role of water, soil, susnshine, and rocks in an ecosystem?

• They are all biotic factors.

• They are all eaten by animals in the ecosystem.

• They are all abiotic factors.

• They are all producers of their own food.

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Omnivores are animals that

• eat only plants.

• produce their own food.

• eat other animals.

• consume plants and animals.

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Herbivores are animals that

• eat only plants.

• produce their own food.

• eat other animals.

• consume plants and animals.

Butterflies and daisies can be members of the same

• population.

• species.

• community.

• family.

Choose all the biotic factors.

• cacti

• sand

• snakes

• coyotes

Choose all the abiotic factors.

• sand

• rocks

• camels

• air

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Which of the following is an example of a population?

• all of the living things living in a pond

• all of the living and nonliving things in a pond

• all of the frogs in a pond

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Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem?

• all the living and nonliving things in a pond

• all the frogs in a pond

• all the living things living in a pond

Identify the consumers in this food web. Select all correct answers.

• grasshopper

• lizard

• grass

• mouse

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