3.9

_______ are consumers that eat only meat.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

• The number of herbivores would increase

• The number of plants would increase

• all organisms would adapt

• All living organisms would eventually die

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A system made up of organisms interacting with one another

• biology

• abiotic

• biotic

• ecosystem

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How does energy enter an ecosystem? 

• sunlight

• soil 

• animals 

• invasive species 

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Conduct experiment

Analyze results

Draw conclusions

Communicate results

Ask a question

Form a hypothesis

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

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

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• threatened species

• populations

• community

• limiting factor