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6. What is the definition of an ecosystem? A 100

7. An ecosystem is made up of all the living and nonliving things in an environment and all the ways they interact. A 100

8. What are the living parts of a forest ecosystem? A 200

9. Plants and animals A 200

10. What is a population? A 300

11. All the members of one species that live in part of an ecosystem. A 300

12. The type of food an organism eats, how it gets its food, and which other organisms use it for food all describe what part of an organisms life? A 400

13. Organism’s niche A 400

14. What is the definition of a community or habitat? A 500

15. The different populations of organisms that interact with each other in the same area. A 500

16. What are some nonliving parts of a forest ecosystem? B 100

17. Water and soil B 100

18. Which ecosystem has living things that have adapted to survive in the most limited water supply? B 200

19. Desert B 200

20. In what ecosystem would you find thousands of species of plants and animals? B 300

21. Tropical rain forest B 300

22. Bird and jackrabbit populations that live near a giant cactus would be classified as a: population, community, or niche? B 400

23. Community B 400

24. What is the difference between a roadrunner’s habitat and its niche? B 500

25. Its habitat is the desert. Its niche is how the bird hunts and escapes its enemies. B 500

26. Where does the energy that flows in ecosystems originally come from? C 100

27. From sunlight C 100

28. How is a producer different from an herbivore? C 200

29. Producers make their own food. Herbivores get energy by eating producers. C 200

30. What is an organism that gets its energy by eating dead plants and animals? C 300

31. Scavenger C 300

32. DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

33. What is a food chain? C 400

34. A group of living things that feed on each other C 400

35. Which organisms digest wastes, break down the remains of dead animals and plants, and return minerals and nutrients to the ecosystem? C 500

36. Decomposers C 500

37. How does a food chain differ from a food web? D 100

38. In food webs, there are several overlapping food chains. D 100

39. Why are decomposers a necessary part of the food chain? D 200

40. They put minerals and nutrients back into the ecosystem. D 200

41. A cactus and oak tree are examples of: producer, consumer, decomposer. D 300

42. Producer D 300

43. What is the difference between an herbivore and an omnivore? D 400

44. Both get energy by eating plants, but omnivores also eat animals. D 400

45. Rhoda was studying the animals and plants in her back yard. To understand the direction in which energy flowed, Rhoda drew a picture that started with sunlight. She traced the path that energy moved in her garden from the flowers to an insect to a lizard to a hawk. What did Rhoda’s drawing show? D 500

46. A food chain D 500

47. What is the niche of decomposers in a food chain? E 100

48. They keep the ecosystem healthy by recycling nutrients E 100

49. How do scavengers and decomposers help ecosystems? E 200

50. They return minerals and nutrients to the ecosystem. E 200

51. Question Number Three E E 300

52. Correct Response Three E E 300

53. Question Number Four E E 400

54. Correct Response Four E E 400

55. Question Number Five E E 500

56. Correct Response Five E E 500

57. F 100

59. F 200

61. F 300

63. F 400

65. F 500

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68. The main energy source for life on Earth is what? Click on screen to continue

69. Sun Click on screen to continue

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