Ecosystem Components and Interactions Quiz
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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

  • They eat only plants
  • They capture energy from the sun to grow
  • They recycle and break down nutrients from dead plants and animals (correct)
  • They are organisms that eat other animals

    • Which organisms make their own energy using energy from the sun?

  • Consumers
  • Decomposers
  • Producers (correct)
  • Herbivores

    • What do primary consumers eat in an ecosystem?

  • Producers (correct)
  • Other animals
  • Dead plants and animals
  • Only plants

    • What is the main purpose of a food web in an ecosystem?

    <p>To show how matter and energy are transferred between different living things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of organisms are herbivores?

    <p>Organisms that eat only plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organisms are at the topmost level in the food chain and only feed on other secondary consumers?

    <p>Tertiary consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main feature of a food pyramid in an ecosystem?

    <p>It illustrates the energy available at each level of a food web</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do herbivores eat?

    <p>Plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organisms do not create their own energy, but obtain it by eating plants and other animals?

    <p>Secondary consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main feature of a food chain?

    <p>Continuous series of energy transfer from producer to consumer to decomposer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of a carnivore in an ecosystem?

    <p>To eat other animals for energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of organisms are represented at the topmost level of a food pyramid?

    <p>Tertiary consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

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