Ecosystem

Which organisms feed on the remains of dead organisms, returning them to the soil?

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• scavangers

Herbivores exclusively eat plants. They are also known as ....

• secondary procedures

• secondary consumers

• primary procedures

• primary consumers

Which of these animals is a secondary consumer?

• a cow that eats grass

• some horses feeding on grain

• a chicken eating a cricket

• an elephant munching on tree leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of organism gets its energy from the Sun?

• decomposers

• procedures

• consumers

• scavangers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Where do most producers get their energy from?

• dead organisms

• the sun

• the power of friendship

• wind and water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A monkey searching for food in the rainforest plucks some berries and catches a lizard on a tree. It is referred to as ....

• a herbo-carnivore

• a carnivore

• an omnivore

• a carni-herbivore

How would you describe a tertiary consumer?

• a carnivore that feeds on herbivores

• a herbivore feeding on procedures

• a carnivore that eats other carnivores

• a carnivore that eats dead matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Human beings are ....

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• scavengers

What do the arrows in a food chain symbolize?

• how sunlight travels around an ecosystem

• the transfer of water across organisms

• the exchange of genes between organisms

• the flow of energy from one organism to another

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is not a procedure?

• sunflower

• algae

• plankton

• mushroom