Ecosystems and Biomes

Organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• producer
• predator
• decomposer
• parasite

Organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

• Autotroph
• Decomposer
• Producer
• Consumer

Organism that can make its own food.

• Carnivore
• consumer

• Heterotroph
• Producer

List two major groups of decomposers.

• Insects and birds
• Plants and animals
• Bacteria and fungi
• Viruses and protists

What type of consumer only eats plants?

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Pescetarian

What type of consumer only eats animals?

• Vegetarian
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore

what type of consumer eats both plants and animals?

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivorous

What type of consumer only eats dead organisms?

• Omnivore
• Herbivore
• Scavenger
• Carnivore

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy is called a(n)?

• consumption loop
• food chain
• predator cycle
• energy web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The important cycles of matter in an ecosystem include the water cycle, the carbon and oxygen cycles, and the ____________________ cycle.

• nitrogen
• phosphorus
• sulfur
• helium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3