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