- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) herbivore
C) decomposer
D) predator
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) vegivore
B) herbivore
C) carnivore
D) omnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) hungry
B) omnivore
C) decomposer
D) carnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) producer
D) carnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food circles
C) food string
D) food link
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) fish
C) spider
D) algae
- 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 a predator is called a _____.
A) consumer
B) predator
C) prey
D) producer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) spider
B) lion
C) rabbit
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a bird
B) worm
C) a person
D) a tree
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) fossils
C) biotic factors
D) abiotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to the direction the ______ is moving.
A) energy
B) detris
C) lethargy
D) organism
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) ecology
B) abiotic factors
C) biotic factors
D) producers
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food is called a _____.
A) prey
B) predator
C) consumer
D) producer
- 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) plants
C) consumers
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 line
C) food highway
D) food web
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) community
B) ecology
C) ecosystem
D) food web
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) heat
B) precipitation
C) temperature
D) climate
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) community
B) population
C) kingdom
D) species
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) habitat
B) kingdom
C) population
D) community
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) house
B) community
C) habitat
D) pond
- 23. As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy is _____.
A) increases then decreases
B) remains the same
C) gained
D) lost
- 24. If a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a _____.
A) primary consumer
B) quaternary consumer
C) tertiary consumer
D) secondary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) secondary consumer
B) primary producer
C) primary consumer
D) tertiary consumer
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