- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) herbivore
B) decomposer
C) omnivore
D) predator
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) vegivore
B) omnivore
C) herbivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) hungry
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) decomposer
- 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 circles
C) food web
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) plant
B) spider
C) cricket
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) cat
B) bear
C) praying mantis
D) wolf
- 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) predator
B) producer
C) consumer
D) prey
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) worm
B) spider
C) lion
D) rabbit
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) worm
B) a tree
C) a bird
D) a person
- 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) eats meat
C) doing the eating
D) getting eaten
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) producers
C) biotic factors
D) abiotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) producer
B) predator
C) consumer
D) prey
- 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) 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 chain
B) food highway
C) food web
D) food line
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) community
B) food web
C) ecosystem
D) ecology
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) temperature
B) heat
C) weather
D) climate
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) population
B) species
C) community
D) kingdom
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) community
B) kingdom
C) population
D) habitat
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) community
B) habitat
C) house
D) pond
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