- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) predator
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) carnivore
C) herbivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) hungry
D) omnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) producer
D) carnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food string
B) food web
C) food circles
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) cat
B) bear
C) wolf
D) praying mantis
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) consumer
B) predator
C) producer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) lion
B) worm
C) spider
D) rabbit
- 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) abiotic factors
B) biotic factors
C) fossils
D) ecology
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to the direction the ______ is moving.
A) detris
B) energy
C) lethargy
D) organism
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) producers
B) abiotic factors
C) biotic factors
D) ecology
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food is called a _____.
A) prey
B) consumer
C) predator
D) producer
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called _____.
A) herbivores
B) carnivores
C) producers
D) consumers
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) consumers
B) vegivores
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 chain
B) food highway
C) food line
D) food web
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) ecology
B) food web
C) ecosystem
D) community
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) heat
B) precipitation
C) temperature
D) climate
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) population
B) community
C) species
D) kingdom
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) kingdom
B) population
C) habitat
D) community
- 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) increases then decreases
B) lost
C) gained
D) remains the same
- 24. If a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a _____.
A) tertiary consumer
B) quaternary consumer
C) primary consumer
D) secondary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) tertiary consumer
B) secondary consumer
C) primary consumer
D) primary producer
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