- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) decomposer
B) herbivore
C) predator
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) carnivore
B) vegivore
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) hungry
C) carnivore
D) omnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) producer
C) carnivore
D) omnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food string
C) food circles
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) fish
B) plant
C) spider
D) cricket
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) cat
C) bear
D) wolf
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) predator
B) consumer
C) producer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) spider
B) worm
C) rabbit
D) lion
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) worm
B) a bird
C) a person
D) a tree
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) fossils
C) ecology
D) abiotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) doing the eating
B) eats meat
C) eats plants
D) getting eaten
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) producers
D) biotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) prey
B) consumer
C) predator
D) producer
- 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) 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
A) ecosystem
B) food web
C) ecology
D) community
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) temperature
B) climate
C) heat
D) weather
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) kingdom
B) population
C) species
D) community
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) community
B) population
C) habitat
D) kingdom
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) house
B) habitat
C) pond
D) community
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