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Ecosystem
Ecosystem Study Guide Quiz 2
Question | Answer |
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List 4 parts that make up every organism's life cycle. | Birth, growth, reproduction, death |
What do all living things need (plant and animals)? | food, air, water |
If a living thing makes its own food, it is called a | producer |
Give one example of a living thing that makes it own food | plants |
If an organism CANNOT produce its own food, it is called a | consumer |
Give an example of an organism that CANNOT produce its own food. | humans |
A consumer that eats only plants is called a | herbivore |
A consumer that eats only other animals is called a | carnivore |
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called | omnivore |
An animal that eats dead and decaying plants and animals is called a | scavenger |
What is an example of a scavenger | snails |
What is an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms | decomposer |
What is an example of organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms | earth worm |
What is an example of a decomposer | earth worm |
What is an example of a producer | plants |
What is an example of a consumer | humans |
An animal that hunts and eats other animals is called a | predater |
What is an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals? | prey |
Give one example of a predator-prey relationship. | hawk to mouse owl to mouse |
What organism always starts a food chain? | plants |
Why do plants always start the food chain? | Because it is a plant that makes its own food |
Name one relationship in your aquarium. | Fish,snail |
Why do the fish and snail depend on each other? | Because the fish made food for the snail when it died |
Name on relationship in your terrarium. | plants and crickets |
Why do plants and crickets depend on each other? | the cricket eats the plants |