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