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