5 Written Questions

1. not, without
2. a chemical compound that is the major source of energy for organisms
3. tiny plants
4. different
5. something that comes first or is most important

5 Matching Questions

1. food web
2. producer
3. detritus
4. synthesis
5. sphere

1. a a shape like a ball or globe
2. b making something
3. c small pieces of dead and decaying plant and animal remains
4. d a series on connected food chains
5. e something that makes things

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. having to do with feeding
   1. zoo-
   2. troph
   3. bio-
   4. biome
2. having to do with light
   1. phyto-
   2. photo-
   3. chemo-
   4. zoo-
3. tiny organisms
   1. phyto-
   2. zooplankton
   3. phytoplankton
   4. plankton
4. a group of the same species that live in the same area
   1. plankton
   2. population
   3. auto
   4. zooplankton
5. an organism that makes compounds that others use later
   1. primary
   2. producer
   3. decomposer
   4. primary producer

5 True/False Question

1. abiotic factors → nonliving, physical parts of an ecosystem
   

   True        False

2. ecosystem → all living things in one place, plus the physical environment they live in
   

   True        False

3. heterotroph → an organism that eats another organism
   

   True        False

4. consumer → something that makes things
   

   True        False

5. decomposer → the study of how orgnisms interact with each other & their surroundings
   

   True        False