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