ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS QUIZ REVIEW

A food chain or food web can provide good information including _____.

the flow of energy in an ecosystem the eating patterns of organisms

Life cycles recycle matter and help to create balance on Earth because___?

living organisms are dependent on other living organisms to survive. producers make their own food, consumers gain energy from producers, and decomposers break down dead matter into essential nutrients that are then reused by producers. producers gain energy from the Sun, consumers gain energy from producers, and decomposers gain energy from dead consumers and recycle it back to producers.

Living organisms that are able to make their own food are _____.

producers

All of the following are examples of limiting factors in an ecosystem except:

Space Food X Population density Water

You are a _____ consumer if you feed on secondary consumers

tertiary

Most energy in an ecosystem originally comes from _____.

the Sun