Unit 7 & 8 Vocabulary

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

Another word for a living thing is a:

• animal

• organism

• plant

• community

A group of one type of organisms is called a(n) ___________.

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

An individual living thing is a(n) ___________.

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

Which term best describes two predators living in the same habitat who feed on the same prey?

• coexistence

• competition

• mutualism

• predatory

Which of these is an example of one living thing depending on another living thing?

• Cat walking on the sand
• Bird building a nest in a tree
• Dog warming in the sunlight
• Squirrel drinking water