Ecosystem and Energy Transfer

What two processes connect all living things in an ecosystem?

• energy transfer and nutrient recycling

• decomposition and photosynthesis

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What are the herbivores (plant eaters) in the food web?

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What are the carnivores (meat eaters) in the food web?

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Decomposers play a very important role in ecosystems.

• True

• False

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Living factors in an ecosystem rely on non-living factors to survive.

• True

• False

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________________ are organisms that produce their own food.

• producers

• heterotroph

• consumers

• carnivors

Food chains and food webs show what type of relationships in an ecosystem?

• Feeding relationships

• Symbiotic relationships

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According to the image, what is the secondary consumer in the food chain?

• snake

• Grasshopper

• frog

A __________ is an organism that is able to make its own food.

• consumer

• producer

• scavenger

How much energy is transferred to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

• 90%

• 10%

• 100%

• 50%

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