- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) predator
C) omnivore
D) decomposer
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) vegivore
C) omnivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) hungry
C) carnivore
D) omnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) omnivore
B) producer
C) carnivore
D) herbivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food web
C) food link
D) food string
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) algae
B) cricket
C) spider
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) wolf
C) bear
D) cat
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) predator
B) producer
C) consumer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) worm
B) rabbit
C) lion
D) spider
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) worm
B) a bird
C) a tree
D) a person
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) ecology
C) fossils
D) abiotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to the direction the ______ is moving.
A) lethargy
B) energy
C) organism
D) detris
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) biotic factors
B) producers
C) abiotic factors
D) ecology
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food is called a _____.
A) consumer
B) predator
C) prey
D) producer
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called _____.
A) producers
B) consumers
C) herbivores
D) carnivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) consumers
B) vegivores
C) producers
D) plants
- 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a _____.
A) food web
B) food chain
C) food highway
D) food line
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) food web
B) community
C) ecology
D) ecosystem
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) precipitation
B) climate
C) temperature
D) heat
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) kingdom
B) population
C) species
D) community
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) population
B) community
C) kingdom
D) habitat
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) house
B) pond
C) community
D) habitat
- 23. As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy is _____.
A) increases then decreases
B) gained
C) lost
D) remains the same
- 24. If a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a _____.
A) tertiary consumer
B) quaternary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) primary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) primary consumer
B) tertiary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) primary producer
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