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__ any substance that contains the matter energy that living things need to grow survive.
a) Food is
b) Sunlight is
c) Cells are
d) Elements are

___ are some types of nutrients found in food.
a) sugars carbohydrates
b) proteins
c) fats
d) all of these

The energy in all food originally comes from ___.
a) The Sun
b) Earth's core
c) Ocean currents
d) all of these

Energy ___ the living things in ecosystems.
a) flows through
b) is recycled over over again in
c) stays still
d) does not exist in

All energy from the Sun ___.
a) is eventually lost as heat back to space
b) stays in ecosystems forever
c) is reflected away from Earth
d) will be used over over again

Atoms of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen ___.
a) are recycled to be used over over again in living things
b) flow through living things - then are lost to space
c) are very rare in living things
d) all of these

A ___ is a simple diagram that shows a single path of matter energy being passed from one living thing to another.
a) food chain
b) food web
c) energy pyramid
d) none of these

A ___ is a complex diagram that shows several intersection food chains.
a) food web
b) food chain
c) energy pyramid
d) none of these

The arrows on food chains food webs point towards ___.
a) the organism that is doing the eating
b) the organism being eaten
c) the organism making its own food
d) all of these

A ___ is any organism that makes its own food.
a) producer
b) consumer
c) decomposer
d) none of these

Producers are mostly ___.
a) plants
b) animals
c) bacteria and fungi
d) protists

The first link in a food chain is always ___.
a) a producer
b) a consumer
c) a decomposer
d) none of these

Producers are the ___ of all food webs and food chains.
a) base
b) middle
c) top
d) all of these

A ___ is any organism that gets its food by eating other organisms.
a) consumer
b) producer
c) decomposer
d) all of these

Producers make their own food using the process of ___.
a) photosynthesis
b) transpiration
c) germination
d) pollination

Consumers are often ___.
a) animals
b) plants
c) bacteria and fungi
d) protists

A ___ is a type of consumer that only eats plants.
a) herbivore
b) carnivore
c) omnivore
d) detritivore

A ___ is a type of consumer that only eats animals.
a) carnivore
b) herbivore
c) omnivore
d) detritivore

A ___ is a type of consumer that eats both plants animals.
a) omnivore
b) herbivore
c) carnivore
d) detritivore

A ___ is any organism that gets its food by breaking down the remains of dead plants animals.
a) decomposer
b) producer
c) consumer
d) none of these

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