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