Ecology Review

Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

• scavenger
• consumer
• decomposer
• carnivore

An animal that eats other animals is a....

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

Animals that are being hunted and eaten by predators.

• prey
• extinct

A population of mice lives in a barn community. A cat population has just joined the community. What will happen?

• Mouse and cat populations both go up?
• Mouse and cat populations both go down
• Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up
• Mouse population goes up as cat population goes down

An animal that eats only plants is an...

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

Which of the following is a producer?

• Maple tree
• Sunfish
• Bunny
• Bear

Plants produce their own food through...

• symbiosis

• photosynthesis

• genetics

• magic

A herbivore is also known as...

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

The second consumer in the food chain is called...

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer