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