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