Ecosystem Vocabulary Test

What does an ecosystem include?

• only the living things in an area

• only the nonliving things in an area

• all of the living and nonliving things in an area

• only some of the living and nonliving things in an area

A consumer that gets its food from breaking down the remains of dead plants and animals.

• producer

• consumer

• abiotic

• decomposer

An arctic blast pushed its way through several of the Northern state in the United State. The temperatures dropped below freezing for several days. Temperature is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

An animal that eats both plants and other animals

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore

A living, or once living part of an organism's habitat

• Abiotic Factor

• Species

• Biotic Factor

• Deser

A group of bunnies living in the forest is an example of a __________.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Individual
• Community

A living thing

• organism

• habitat

• Ecology

• Biome

Coral reef is...

• a type of marine ecosystem common in tropical regions

• shoreline areas that are covered by water at high tide and not covered at low tide

• one-celled algae, protists, and tiny animal larvae that float at or near the water's surface

• areas where freshwater rivers flow into the ocean

Which factor is biotic?

• soil

• a pine cone

• temperature

Decomposers get their food by __________.

• making it themselves
• eating live organisms
• using dead organisms
• eating themselves