Ecosystems - Lessons 1 and 3
  • 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) omnivore
B) predator
C) herbivore
D) decomposer
  • 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) omnivore
B) carnivore
C) decomposer
D) hungry
  • 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 string
C) food web
D) food circles
  • 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) spider
B) cricket
C) plant
D) fish
  • 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) bear
C) wolf
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) rabbit
B) spider
C) worm
D) lion
  • 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) a tree
C) a bird
D) worm
  • 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) abiotic factors
C) fossils
D) ecology
  • 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) doing the eating
B) eats meat
C) eats plants
D) getting eaten
  • 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) biotic factors
C) producers
D) abiotic factors
  • 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) predator
B) prey
C) producer
D) consumer
  • 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) vegivores
B) consumers
C) plants
D) producers
  • 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a
A) food web
B) food highway
C) food chain
D) food line
  • 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) ecology
B) community
C) food web
D) ecosystem
  • 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) climate
B) weather
C) temperature
D) heat
  • 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) species
B) kingdom
C) population
D) community
  • 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) kingdom
B) habitat
C) population
D) community
  • 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) pond
C) house
D) community
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