- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) herbivore
B) predator
C) decomposer
D) omnivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) omnivore
B) vegivore
C) herbivore
D) carnivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) hungry
D) omnivore
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) herbivore
C) omnivore
D) producer
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food web
B) food link
C) food circles
D) food string
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) plant
B) fish
C) cricket
D) spider
- 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 its predator
A) consumer
B) predator
C) prey
D) producer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) rabbit
B) spider
C) lion
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) a bird
C) a tree
D) worm
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) ecology
B) abiotic factors
C) fossils
D) biotic factors
- 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) doing the eating
B) getting eaten
C) eats meat
D) eats plants
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) ecology
C) producers
D) abiotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) prey
B) consumer
C) producer
D) predator
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) carnivores
B) consumers
C) producers
D) herbivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) plants
B) producers
C) vegivores
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 chain
C) food web
D) food line
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) food web
B) ecosystem
C) ecology
D) community
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) heat
B) temperature
C) climate
D) weather
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) kingdom
B) community
C) species
D) population
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) population
B) kingdom
C) habitat
D) community
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) habitat
B) community
C) pond
D) house
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