Ecosystem Vocabulary Test

Match the following

• action by one thing affects other things

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• members of the same species in an area

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• the well being of two or more is linked

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• any living thing

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• group of similar organisms; reproduce

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Label the diagram

a

b

c

producer

decomposer

consumer

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• Tardigrades are resilient organisms. Some can survive in temperatures as low as -270° Celsius (close to absolute zero), while others can endure temperatures as high as 150° Celsius.

"Survive" means...

• to hibernate

• to continue living

• to undergo metamorphosis

• to digest

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Label the diagram

c

b

d

a

creates food through photosynthesis

eat primary consumers

herbivores

eat secondary consumers

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Label the diagram

b

a

greatest amount of energy

least amount of energy

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I eat shrubs, berries, insects, and fish. I am a(n)...

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

I hunt fish, duck, seagulls, and small mammals. I am a...

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

I am a primary consumer. I am a(n)...

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

Match the following

• organism eaten by other organisms

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• an organism that hunts other animals

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• organism that breaks down organic matter

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• 1. uses sunlight to make their own food

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• gets energy from eating plants/animals

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Most of the energy in a food web ultimately originates from...

• interactions

• other species

• herbivores

• the sun

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