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    Name: Date: Unit 1 Lesson 3

    Lesson Quiz

    Quiz: Matter and Energy In Ecosystems

    Read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

    1. The image shows one type of decomposer. 3. What is the primary role of decomposers in a
    food web?
    A. to control the population of producers and
    consumers
    B. to compete with producers for energy and
    other resources
    C. to provide a source of energy for the
    producers in the ecosystem
    D. to recycle energy and materials from dead
    producers and consumers

    4. Different grasses are observed in a


    Which statement describes the role of microhabitat in a schoolyard. Why is grass an
    decomposers in a food web? essential part of a healthy ecosystem?
    A. Decomposers are not necessary in a food A. It is a producer that is a necessary part of the
    web. diet of most consumers.
    B. Decomposers break down matter so plants B. It is a consumer that feeds off other
    can use it. organisms living in the area.
    C. Decomposers create energy by producing C. It is a decomposer that converts matter into a
    their own food. form that other organisms can use.
    D. Decomposers store matter and energy until it D. It makes up the last level of a food web,
    is needed in an ecosystem. helping recycle carbon in the habitat.

    2. Producers and consumers are both pictured in a 5. A student is identifying food chains in a
    diagram of a food web. Which statement best diagram of a food web. Which of these
    describes how they differ from one another? organisms might be a consumer?
    A. Consumers produce all the energy they need. A. frog
    B. Consumers eat only animals, and producers B. water lily
    eat only plants. C. redwood tree
    C. Producers eat living organisms, and D. athlete’s foot fungus
    consumers eat organisms that have died.
    D. Consumers obtain energy by eating food,
    and producers obtain energy from sunlight.

    Lesson Quiz 1 Module C • Assessment Guide


    © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
    Name: Date: Unit 1 Lesson 3
    Lesson Quiz
    6. A mangrove swamp contains many organisms living among the large roots of the mangrove trees. The
    food web shows some of the relationships in that ecosystem.

    According to the food web, which organism is a producer in the mangrove swamp?
    A. mold
    B. prawn
    C. pelican
    D. phytoplankton

    7. The figure shows a food chain that might exist in a meadow.

    If there was a decrease in the beetle population, how might the food chain be affected?
    A. The owl population would decrease.
    B. The population of green plants would decrease.
    C. The toad and snake populations would increase.
    D. The green plants and toad populations would decrease.

    Lesson Quiz 2 Module C • Assessment Guide


    © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
    Name: Date: Unit 1 Lesson 3
    Lesson Quiz
    Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.

    8. A biologist uses the terrarium shown to model the interactions of


    plants and animals in a forest ecosystem.
    Identify one benefit of using this model to study organism
    interactions.

    Identify one limitation of using this model to study organism


    interactions.

    9. Summarize the carbon cycle.


    Based on the carbon cycle, hypothesize how the combustion of fossil fuels affects the amount of carbon
    dioxide in the ocean. Justify this hypothesis.

    Explain how this hypothesis could be tested.

    10. A slug, frog, heron bird, and grass plant are all part of the same food chain.
    Through which process does energy get into the food chain?

    Which organisms are consumers in this food chain?

    Why would there be fewer herons in the ecosystem than slugs?

    Fungi are decomposers in this ecosystem. Where do they fit into the food chain? Explain.

    Lesson Quiz 3 Module C • Assessment Guide


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