Living Systems 1-2

When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?

• a decomposer
• an apex predator
• a producer
• prey

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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How many predators eat the rabbit for energy in this food web?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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The diagram shows an incomplete food chain. Which of the following would best complete this food chain?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Animal

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All food webs start with this!

• energy

• the sun

• decomposers

• soil

Herbivores get their energy from eating

• they don't need energy

• other animals

• plants

• they make their own food

These things break down dead plants and animals.

• carnivores

• herbivores

• decomposers

• producers

When decomposers break down dead plants and animals it

• helps the sun shine brighter

• gives nutrients to the soil

• makes roots stronger

• helps speed up photosynthesis

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An example of a decomposer is

• the sun

• fungi

• a rabbit

• a lion

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When one animal in a food web is altered,

• it becomes endangered.

• it becomes extinct.

• it doesn't affect anything else.

• it affects other animals in the web.

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