- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) decomposer
C) predator
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) carnivore
B) herbivore
C) vegivore
D) omnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) decomposer
C) hungry
D) carnivore
- 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 circles
B) food string
C) food web
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) fish
C) algae
D) spider
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) cat
C) wolf
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) predator
B) consumer
C) producer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) rabbit
B) lion
C) spider
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) a tree
C) worm
D) a bird
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) biotic factors
C) abiotic factors
D) fossils
- 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) abiotic factors
B) biotic factors
C) ecology
D) producers
- 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) carnivores
B) consumers
C) producers
D) herbivores
- 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 chain
C) food line
D) food highway
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) ecosystem
B) ecology
C) food web
D) community
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) heat
B) temperature
C) climate
D) precipitation
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) community
B) species
C) kingdom
D) population
- 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) pond
D) community
- 23. As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy is _____.
A) gained
B) lost
C) increases then decreases
D) remains the same
- 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) tertiary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) primary producer
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