- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) predator
B) decomposer
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) carnivore
B) omnivore
C) herbivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) omnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) carnivore
C) producer
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) plant
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) cat
B) wolf
C) praying mantis
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) producer
B) prey
C) consumer
D) predator
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) lion
B) worm
C) rabbit
D) spider
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a bird
B) a person
C) a tree
D) worm
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) fossils
B) abiotic factors
C) ecology
D) biotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) eats meat
B) doing the eating
C) eats plants
D) getting eaten
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) producers
B) abiotic factors
C) biotic factors
D) ecology
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) consumer
B) producer
C) predator
D) prey
- 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) plants
D) vegivores
- 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a
A) food highway
B) food line
C) food chain
D) food web
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) food web
B) ecology
C) community
D) ecosystem
- 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) kingdom
B) community
C) habitat
D) population
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) pond
B) community
C) house
D) habitat
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