- 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) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) vegivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) producer
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) fish
C) plant
D) spider
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) praying mantis
B) cat
C) wolf
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) producer
B) predator
C) prey
D) consumer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) worm
B) spider
C) rabbit
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) abiotic factors
B) fossils
C) biotic factors
D) ecology
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) doing the eating
B) getting eaten
C) eats plants
D) eats meat
- 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) prey
B) producer
C) predator
D) consumer
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) herbivores
B) consumers
C) producers
D) carnivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) producers
B) vegivores
C) plants
D) consumers
- 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
A) ecology
B) food web
C) ecosystem
D) community
- 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) species
B) population
C) kingdom
D) community
- 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) pond
B) community
C) house
D) habitat
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