Energy and Matter

An animal that eats only plants is called a -

• carnivore

• omnivore

• insectivore

• herbivore

What is a part of the food chain that makes its own food and nutrients?

• consumer

• producer

• omnivore

• sun

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An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a -

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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A consumer gets energy by doing what?

• Making it themselves

• Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem

• Soaking it up from the ground

• Feeding on other organisms

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What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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What law best relates to energy being lost as heat within an ecosystem?

• Law of relativity

• First law of thermodynamics

• Law of conservation of matter

• Second law of thermodynamics

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Photosynthesis releases the__________ gas in Earth’s atmosphere.

• N2

• O2

• CO2

• HCO3-

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