Unit 6 Vocabulary Assessment

What is an ecosystem?

• A group of similar organisms living together

• A type of plant community

• All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment

• A single organism's habitat

Which of the following is a decomposer?

• A structure in a plant cell

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms or waste

• An animal that eats only plants

• A plant that makes its own food

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What is photosynthesis?

• The process in cells by which oxygen is chemically combined with glucose to produce energy

• The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make glucose and oxygen

• The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back

• The process by which animals breathe

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What is the role of chlorophyll in plants?

• It transports water throughout the plant

• It stores nutrients for the plant

• It captures light energy for photosynthesis

• It helps in the breakdown of glucose

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What is a carnivore?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants

• An organism that obtains nutrients from both plants and animals

• An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals

What is the process in cells by which oxygen is chemically combined with glucose to produce energy, carbon dioxide and water?

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration 

• carbon cycle

• homeostasis

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What are fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas; formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals?

• renewable energy

• biomass

• nuclear energy

• fossil fuels

True or False: Omnivore is an organism that obtains nutrients from both plants and animals.

• True

• False

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What is an organism that cannot produce its own food?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• consumer

• herbivore

This is the tendency of a cell, organism, or population to maintain internal stability.

• homeostasis

• evolution

• adaptation

• metabolism

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