- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) herbivore
B) predator
C) omnivore
D) decomposer
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) omnivore
B) herbivore
C) carnivore
D) vegivore
- 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) producer
B) carnivore
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food string
B) food web
C) food link
D) food circles
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) spider
C) plant
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 its predator
A) predator
B) prey
C) producer
D) consumer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) spider
B) lion
C) worm
D) rabbit
- 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) biotic factors
B) ecology
C) abiotic factors
D) fossils
- 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) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) biotic factors
D) producers
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) predator
B) consumer
C) prey
D) producer
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) herbivores
B) carnivores
C) consumers
D) producers
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) consumers
B) plants
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 web
B) food highway
C) food chain
D) food line
- 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) heat
B) temperature
C) weather
D) climate
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) kingdom
B) species
C) community
D) population
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) community
B) habitat
C) population
D) kingdom
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) community
C) house
D) pond
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