Answer:
See explanation below
Explanation:
1. Biotic factors include sunlight, soil, temperature, and water. FALSE
Biotic factors include animals, plants, fungi, bacteria and protists.
2. Like nutrients and water, energy also recycles through an ecosystem. FALSE
3. An ecosystem consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and their interactions. TRUE
4. Herbivores are a necessary link between producers and other consumers. TRUE
5. A niche refers to the place an organism lives within its ecosystem. TRUE
6. Dung beetles eat animal feces. TRUE
7. Autotrophs make their own food. TRUE
8. Organisms use 90% of the available energy at each trophic level. FALSE
9. Carnivores include lions, polar bears, hawks, frogs, salmon, and deer. FALSE
Deer is a herbivore.
10. Biomass increases at the upper levels of a food chain. FALSE
11. Producers occupy the first trophic level. TRUE
12. Scavengers include vultures and raccoons. TRUE
13. In a complex ecosystem, it is likely that two different species will occupy the same niche. FALSE
14. The habitat is the role of a species in its ecosystem. FALSE
15. A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem. TRUE
