- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) predator
B) decomposer
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) carnivore
B) vegivore
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) carnivore
C) hungry
D) decomposer
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) carnivore
C) producer
D) omnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food string
C) food link
D) food circles
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) algae
C) spider
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) wolf
C) cat
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) prey
B) consumer
C) predator
D) producer
- 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) a person
B) worm
C) a bird
D) a tree
- 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 the direction the ______ is moving.
A) detris
B) lethargy
C) organism
D) energy
- 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) consumers
B) carnivores
C) producers
D) herbivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) producers
B) consumers
C) plants
D) vegivores
- 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 are called its _____.
A) community
B) ecosystem
C) ecology
D) food web
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) climate
B) temperature
C) precipitation
D) heat
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) community
B) population
C) kingdom
D) species
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) habitat
B) community
C) population
D) kingdom
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) house
B) habitat
C) community
D) pond
- 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) secondary consumer
B) tertiary consumer
C) quaternary consumer
D) primary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) primary consumer
B) primary producer
C) tertiary consumer
D) secondary consumer
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