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