Ecosystem

Which choice best describes a producer?

• An organism that does not eat.

• An organism that uses moonlight to directly make its own food.

• An organism that uses sunlight directly to make its own food.

• An organism that gets it food from other organisms.

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Which definition best defines consumer?

• Organisms that do not eat or drink.

• Organisms that eat producers or other organisms.

• Organisms that only drink water.

• Organisms that eat sunlight.

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Which image is a decomposer?

• Mushrooms

• Cows

• Plants

• Trees

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A habitat is_________________.

• A place where an organism finds food, water, shelter and space to thrive.

• A place where there is no food, water, shelter or space for organisms to thrive.

Plants use the sunlight to make their own food. Therefore, plants are

• Producers, which produce energy for the rest of the ecosystem

• Consumers, consuming other living things in an ecosystem

• predators, top of the food chain

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Which organisms make energy available to all other organisms in a food chain?

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is an example of a predator?

• Wolf

• Owl

• Snail

• Plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Abiotic or Biotic: An insect

• Abiotic

• Biotic

How many producers are in this food web?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Changes in physical structure, function, or behavior that allow an organism to survive

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Camouflage

• Interdependence

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