- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) herbivore
C) predator
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) carnivore
B) decomposer
C) omnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) producer
B) herbivore
C) omnivore
D) carnivore
- 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) cricket
B) spider
C) fish
D) algae
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) cat
B) praying mantis
C) wolf
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) producer
B) consumer
C) prey
D) predator
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) lion
B) rabbit
C) spider
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a bird
B) a tree
C) a person
D) worm
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) ecology
C) fossils
D) abiotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to the direction the ______ is moving.
A) energy
B) organism
C) detris
D) lethargy
- 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) prey
B) consumer
C) producer
D) predator
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called _____.
A) producers
B) consumers
C) herbivores
D) carnivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) plants
B) vegivores
C) consumers
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 web
C) food line
D) food highway
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) community
B) ecology
C) food web
D) ecosystem
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) heat
B) temperature
C) precipitation
D) climate
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) community
B) kingdom
C) species
D) population
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) kingdom
B) population
C) community
D) habitat
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) habitat
B) community
C) pond
D) house
- 23. As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy is _____.
A) increases then decreases
B) remains the same
C) gained
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) primary producer
B) tertiary consumer
C) primary consumer
D) secondary consumer
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