Food Webs, Food Chains, and Ecosystems

Which one of these is an example of a producer?

• parrot

• tree

• lion

• monkey

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Which one of these is an example of a consumer?

• hermit crab

• flower

• tree

• mushroom

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What is the definition of an ecosystem?

• an organism that makes its own food

• a living part of an ecosystem

• all the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place

• an organism that eats other living things to get energy

______________________ is when living things depend on each other to meet their needs.

• producer

• food web

• interdependence

• population

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Animals are _________________ because they eat other animals to get energy.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• communities

All food chains and food webs start with energy from _____________.

• the sun

• consumers

• producers

• other living things

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A _________________ shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem.

• producer

• community

• sun

• food chain

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All food chains end with a _______________________.

• decomposer

• plant

• producer

• community

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Without the Sun, which of the Earth's organism could no longer survive?

• producers only

• producers and consumers

• scavengers only

• nearly all organisms

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____________________________ is an animal that is being hunted for food by another animal.

• predator

• decomposer

• prey

• producer

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