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