Ecosystems - Pre-Assessment

What word describes trees in an ecosystem?

• consumers

• decomposers

• herbivores

• producers

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What is a "population"?

• Is a group of one type of animal which lives in the same area.

• Animals and plants which have different habitats.

• A population is a group of living and non living things.

• It is a cycle that contains a frog connected to other species.

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What is an organism?

• A small rock

• A magnifying glass

• A living thing

• A musical instrument

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A predator is

• a food chain

• a plant

• an animal that hunts other animals

• a school

An apex predator ...

• is at the bottom of a food chain

• is a small animal

• is at the top of the food chain

• is dead

What is prey?

• Prey is an animal that eats another animal

• Prey is a decomposer

• Prey is the food of a consumer

• Prey is something you do at Church

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What does "extinction" mean?

• They are all ocean animals.

• There are no more of a specific type of animal.

• They are mammals.

• They are vegetarian.

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What does "endangered" mean?

• It means that an animal is dangerous.

• It means an animal is in danger of being extinct.

• It means that the animal is not dangerous.

• It means that the animal is cool.

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What do we call an organism that eats plants AND animals?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• insectivore

• omnivore

A living thing that only eats meat is called a...

• herbivore

• trophic level

• carnivore

• omnivore