Ecosystem Vocabulary Quiz

Another name for a producer is

• consumer

• heterotroph

• scavenger

• autotroph

An organism that can't make it's own food and must consume other organisms can be called a __________________

• consumer or heterotroph

• producer or autotroph

• niche

• biome

Match the following

• scavenger

• gets nutrients from breaking down the remains of other organisms

• decomposer

• eats only plants

• omnivore

• eats both plants and animals

• carnivore

• eats other animals

• herbivore

• eats only dead, decaying organisms

A(n) ____________________ is a community of living organisms(biotic factors) and their nonliving (abiotic factors) environment.

• niche

• ecosystem

• food web

• predator

Put the following terms in order from largest to smallest

• microhabitat

• biosphere

• biome

• habitat

• ecosystem

Another name for an herbivore is a

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• scavenger

• producer

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Something that is living or once was living is called ____________.

• abiotic

• biotic

• photosynethsis

• producer

Which of these is an example of something that is biotic?

• rock

• water

• dead tree

• sunlight

An example of a herbivore would be a

• lion

• tree

• vulture

• cow

If a wolf is hunting a rabbit, the rabbit would be considered the

• predator

• prey

• habitat

• niche