ES - Midterm Exam 2018-19

Which type of consumers eat only producers (plants)?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

Each time one organism eats another organism what is transfered?

• DNA

• Hereditary traits

• Energy

• Habitat

Each level in a food chain or energy pyramid is called a/an

• food chain.

• food web.

• energy pyramid.

• trophic level.

An organism that makes its own food is called a/an

• consumer.

• herbivore.

• carnivore.

• producer.

What is another name for a producer?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• consumer

An organism that cannot make its own food is called a/an

• autotroph.

• producer.

• consumer.

What is another name for a consumer?

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• producer

Which type of organisms break down wastes and dead organisms into nutrients?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

• decomposer

What is a complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships?

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• trophic level

Which type of consumer eats producers (plants) and consumers (animals)?

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• heterotroph