- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) predator
C) omnivore
D) herbivore
- 2. An animal that eats only plants for food is called a _____.
A) omnivore
B) vegivore
C) carnivore
D) herbivore
- 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a _____.
A) decomposer
B) carnivore
C) omnivore
D) hungry
- 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores
A) carnivore
B) producer
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
- 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food link
C) food web
D) food string
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) cricket
B) spider
C) algae
D) fish
- 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) wolf
B) cat
C) bear
D) praying mantis
- 8. The animal that is hunted by a predator is called a _____.
A) predator
B) prey
C) producer
D) consumer
- 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) lion
B) spider
C) rabbit
D) worm
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) worm
C) a tree
D) a bird
- 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 the direction the ______ is moving.
A) lethargy
B) energy
C) detris
D) organism
- 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called the _____.
A) producers
B) biotic factors
C) ecology
D) abiotic factors
- 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food is called a _____.
A) consumer
B) prey
C) producer
D) predator
- 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called _____.
A) consumers
B) herbivores
C) producers
D) carnivores
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called _____.
A) consumers
B) producers
C) plants
D) vegivores
- 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 line
D) food web
- 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions are called its _____.
A) community
B) food web
C) ecology
D) ecosystem
- 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment is called its _____.
A) climate
B) precipitation
C) heat
D) temperature
- 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) population
B) kingdom
C) species
D) community
- 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem are called a _____.
A) kingdom
B) habitat
C) community
D) population
- 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem is called its _____.
A) house
B) pond
C) habitat
D) community
- 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) primary consumer
B) tertiary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) quaternary consumer
- 25. A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a _____.
A) primary consumer
B) tertiary consumer
C) secondary consumer
D) primary producer
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