4.3 Ecosystems

Ecosystem factors such as sunlight, water, nutrients, soil, and air are called _____________ factors.

• living

• renewable

• non-living

• nutrients

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Look at the picture of the food web. Which term describes the tree in this food web?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• decomposer

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Look at the picture of the food web. Which term describes the fox in this food web?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• decomposer

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Look at the picture of the food web. Where is the most energy found?

• mouse

• fox

• squirrel

• tree

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Look at the picture of the food web. Which would be most affected by a reduction in the number of foxes?

• falcon

• lynx

• tree

• mouse

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All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place are called a/an _____________.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• niche

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All the populations of different species that live in the same place are called a/an _____________.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• niche

The sun's energy cycles through ecosystems from...

• decomposers to consumers to producers.

• consumers to producers to decomposers.

• producers to consumers to decomposers.

• consumers to decomposers to producers.

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Which of the following make their food through the process of photosynthesis?

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• all of these

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Which answer correctly matches the type of organism with its role?

• consumer - eats to get its energy

  decomposer - breaks down dead matter and returns it to the soil

• consumer - breaks down dead matter and returns it to the soil

  decomposer - eats to get its energy

• consumer - makes food through photosynthesis

  decomposer - eats to get its energy

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