- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) predator
B) decomposer
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) vegivore
B) omnivore
C) herbivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) hungry
D) omnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) omnivore
C) herbivore
D) producer
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food circles
C) food link
D) food string
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) spider
B) fish
C) cricket
D) plant
- 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 its predator
A) consumer
B) producer
C) prey
D) predator
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) worm
B) lion
C) spider
D) rabbit
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) a bird
C) worm
D) a tree
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) biotic factors
D) fossils
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) eats plants
B) eats meat
C) doing the eating
D) getting eaten
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) biotic factors
C) abiotic factors
D) producers
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) producer
B) prey
C) consumer
D) predator
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) herbivores
B) carnivores
C) producers
D) consumers
- 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 web
B) food line
C) food highway
D) food chain
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) ecology
B) community
C) ecosystem
D) food web
- 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) kingdom
C) population
D) community
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) community
C) population
D) kingdom
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) pond
B) house
C) habitat
D) community
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