Unit 3 Study Guide Ecology

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

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What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

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