Ecology

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

Bacteria in an environment are special because they return dead material to the soil. This special role is given the name

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• scavenger

The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph

• herbivore

• producer

• community

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

Which is the correct food chain order?

• Plant-->1st Consumer--> 2nd Consumer 
• Plant <-- 1st Consumer <-- 2nd Consumer
• 2nd consumer     --> 1st consumer  --> Plant
• 1st Consumer      --> 2nd consumer --> Plant

What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

Which species is the 2nd level consumer?

• Sharks

• Mackerel

• Herring

• Crustaceans

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things

• Abiotic are living organisms

• Biotic is living, Abiotic is non-living

• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living