Cycling of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Based on what this organism is eating in the picture, what is it?

• Decomposer

• Consumer (carnivore)

• Consumer (herbivore)

• Producer

A food web shows how matter and energy are transferred between only _____________ things.

• living and nonliving

• nonliving

• living

• producers

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This is an image of a what?

• Food web

• Food chain

• Life cycle

• Life chain

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This is an image of a what?

• Food web

• Food Chain

• Life Cycle

• Life Chain

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According to the image

• The rabbit is getting energy from the fox

• The grass is getting energy from the rabbit

• The fox is getting energy from the rabbit

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Producers

• break down organisms into small pieces that go back to the ground as minerals and nutrients.

• create their own food.

• consume plants or animals to get food.

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Animals use energy they get from their food to

• Grow

• Body Repair

• Maintain Body Warmth

• Motion

• Choose what they look like

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Energy used by animals was once energy from

• Soda

• Water

• The Sun

• The Earth

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decomposers

• break down organism into small pieces that go back to the soil as nutrients and minerals.

• produce their own food

• consume other organisms like plants and animals for food

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Consumers

• break down organisms into small pieces that go back to the ground as minerals and nutrients.

• produce their own food.

• eat plants and animals (organisms) to get their food.