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All the plants, animals, people, and other living things in Buford, Georgia make up...
a) temperate forest
b) environment
c) community
d) population

Which correctly describes a relationship in an ecosystem?
a) An environment makes up a community.
b) Several populations make up one population.
c) Populations of organisms make up a community.
d) One community makes up many populations.

The primary source of energy for this organism is the sun.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What MOST likely would happen if a desert lizard were to trade homes with the rainforest parrot?
a) Only the rainforest parrot would survive the trading of homes.
b) Only the desert lizard would survive the trading of homes.
c) Both animals would be very happy in their new homes.
d) Both animals would not be able to meet their needs and would die.

Soil
a) living
b) nonliving
c)
d)

Water
a) living
b) nonliving
c)
d)

bear
a) living
b) nonliving
c)
d)

In the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle, which organisms take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen as part of the process of making food?
a) plants
b) animals
c) plants and animals
d) consumers

The following are nonliving parts of an ecosystem EXCEPT _____.
a) soil
b) sunlight
c) temperature
d) flowers

What is the source of energy for all living things on Earth?
a) lamps
b) sun
c) moon
d) fire

How do plants depend on sunlight to survive?
a) They use sunlight to get carbon dioxide.
b) They use sunlight to get evaporated water out of the air.
c) They use sunlight to grow.
d) They use sunlight to make food.

Which of the following correctly describes a difference between living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem?
a) The tree and the clouds both eat and grow.
b) Bees, birds, and butterflies do not need the nonliving parts of the ecosystem to survive.
c) The sky and the city breathe air just like the animals in the ecosystem.
d) The flowers, grass and bushes obtain energy to live and grow, but the nonliving things in the ecosystem do not.

An organism that makes its own food is a
a) producer
b) consumer
c) decomposer
d) scavenger

arthworms live in soil. They eat rotting leaves and the remains of dead insects. Wastes from earthworms add nutrients to the soil. Earthworms are food for some birds. Which statement best describes the niche of an earthworm?
a) Earthworms are producers because they make their own food.
b) Earthworms are predators because they hunt prey bugs to eat.
c) Earthworms are decomposers because they return nutrients back to the soil.
d) Earthworms are scavengers because they look for dead things to eat.

Which of the following captures the sun's energy and uses it to make its own food in the process known as photosynthesis?
a) the giraffe that eats leaves at the tops of trees
b) the lion that hunts the antelope
c) the rabbit that eats the clover
d) the sunflower that grows in the meadow

mushroom
a) producer
b) consumer
c) decomposer
d)

flower
a) producer
b) consumer
c) decomposer
d)

tiger
a) producer
b) consumer
c) decomposer
d)

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