- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) predator
C) decomposer
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) decomposer
C) carnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) producer
C) omnivore
D) carnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food web
C) food link
D) food string
- 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) lion
B) rabbit
C) worm
D) spider
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a tree
B) a person
C) worm
D) a bird
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) abiotic factors
C) ecology
D) fossils
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to the direction the ______ is moving.
A) lethargy
B) organism
C) detris
D) energy
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) producers
B) biotic factors
C) abiotic factors
D) ecology
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food is called a _____.
A) predator
B) prey
C) consumer
D) producer
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called _____.
A) herbivores
B) producers
C) carnivores
D) consumers
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) consumers
B) vegivores
C) plants
D) producers
- 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a _____.
A) food highway
B) food web
C) food line
D) food chain
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) community
B) ecology
C) food web
D) ecosystem
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) precipitation
B) climate
C) temperature
D) heat
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) species
B) kingdom
C) community
D) population
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) habitat
B) population
C) community
D) kingdom
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) pond
B) habitat
C) house
D) community
- 23. As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy is _____.
A) lost
B) remains the same
C) increases then decreases
D) gained
- 24. If a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a _____.
A) quaternary consumer
B) primary consumer
C) tertiary consumer
D) secondary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) primary producer
B) tertiary consumer
C) primary consumer
D) secondary consumer
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