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