- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) decomposer
B) herbivore
C) predator
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) herbivore
B) carnivore
C) omnivore
D) vegivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) omnivore
B) carnivore
C) herbivore
D) producer
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food string
C) food web
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) spider
B) cricket
C) plant
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) wolf
B) cat
C) praying mantis
D) bear
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) prey
B) consumer
C) producer
D) predator
- 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) worm
D) a bird
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) fossils
B) biotic factors
C) abiotic factors
D) ecology
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) eats plants
B) doing the eating
C) eats meat
D) getting eaten
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) producers
C) biotic factors
D) ecology
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) prey
B) consumer
C) predator
D) producer
- 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) 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 line
B) food web
C) food highway
D) food chain
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) ecosystem
B) food web
C) community
D) ecology
- 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) 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) community
B) house
C) habitat
D) pond
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