- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) decomposer
B) predator
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) carnivore
B) herbivore
C) omnivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) carnivore
B) decomposer
C) omnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) producer
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food string
C) food circles
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) fish
B) cricket
C) spider
D) plant
- 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) prey
B) predator
C) consumer
D) producer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) spider
B) rabbit
C) lion
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) worm
C) a bird
D) a tree
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) fossils
C) abiotic factors
D) biotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) eats meat
B) getting eaten
C) eats plants
D) doing the eating
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) producers
C) abiotic factors
D) biotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) producer
B) consumer
C) predator
D) prey
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) consumers
B) herbivores
C) carnivores
D) producers
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) vegivores
B) producers
C) consumers
D) plants
- 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 chain
D) food highway
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) ecosystem
B) community
C) ecology
D) food web
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) climate
B) weather
C) heat
D) temperature
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) population
B) species
C) kingdom
D) community
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) kingdom
C) population
D) community
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) house
B) pond
C) community
D) habitat
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