- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) omnivore
C) predator
D) herbivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) vegivore
C) herbivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) hungry
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) decomposer
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) omnivore
C) herbivore
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) spider
B) algae
C) cricket
D) fish
- 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 a predator is called a _____.
A) prey
B) consumer
C) predator
D) producer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) lion
B) spider
C) rabbit
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) worm
B) a tree
C) a bird
D) a person
- 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) organism
B) detris
C) lethargy
D) energy
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) biotic factors
D) producers
- 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) carnivores
B) producers
C) consumers
D) herbivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) plants
B) vegivores
C) producers
D) consumers
- 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a _____.
A) food line
B) food chain
C) food web
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) precipitation
B) heat
C) climate
D) temperature
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) community
B) kingdom
C) population
D) species
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) population
B) kingdom
C) community
D) habitat
- 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) remains the same
B) gained
C) increases then decreases
D) lost
- 24. If a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a _____.
A) primary consumer
B) tertiary consumer
C) quaternary consumer
D) secondary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) tertiary consumer
B) primary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) primary producer
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