- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) decomposer
D) predator
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) vegivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) omnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) producer
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food web
C) food link
D) food string
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) plant
C) spider
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) wolf
B) cat
C) bear
D) praying mantis
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) consumer
B) predator
C) producer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) worm
B) lion
C) rabbit
D) spider
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a tree
B) worm
C) a bird
D) a person
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) fossils
D) biotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) eats plants
B) getting eaten
C) eats meat
D) doing the eating
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) producers
C) ecology
D) abiotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) predator
B) producer
C) consumer
D) prey
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) consumers
B) carnivores
C) producers
D) herbivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) plants
B) consumers
C) producers
D) vegivores
- 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a
A) food highway
B) food line
C) food chain
D) food web
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) food web
B) ecology
C) community
D) ecosystem
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) temperature
B) climate
C) heat
D) weather
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) community
B) population
C) species
D) kingdom
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) population
B) kingdom
C) habitat
D) community
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) pond
C) house
D) community
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