Unit 2: Module 2- Energy in Ecosystems

What part of Earth are all living things found on?

• geospere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

Animals can get the energy they need to survive by... (select 2)

• eating plants

• decomposing

• eating animals that eat plants

• producing their own energy

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Which sphere includes all of the gases around Earth?

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

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What is at the beginning of every food chain and food web?

• A producer

• A consumer

• A decomposer

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Which are examples of how a change in one Earth's system may affect another system? (select 3)

• Smoke blocks sunlight from reaching Earth

• Bears hibernate during the cold winter months

• Heavy rain washes away soil and rocks from a hillside

• Lack of rain dries of vegetation on Earth

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A _______________ is an organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

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Organisms at the beginning of a food chain are called ___________.

• producers

• consumers

• preditors

• omnivores

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An organism that must eat another organism to obtain energy for survival

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• the Sun

In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen cycles between all of the following EXCEPT...

• air

• organisms

• rocks

• soil

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What do plants NOT need to make their own food?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• water

• sunlight

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