Grade 7 Kelp Forest Vocabulary Quiz (Part 1)

What does the term 'aquatic' refer to?

• Related to water or living in water

• Related to air or living in the sky

• Related to earth or living on the ground

• Related to fire or living in flames

What are the basic building blocks of matter?

• molecules

• atoms

• protons

• cells

What are the smallest units of a compound that still retain the properties of that compound?

• organelles

• molecules

• cells

• atoms

What is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll?

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Respiration

• Hydrolysis

What are the organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis called?

• Heterotrophs

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Producers

What are organisms that obtain food by eating other organisms called?

• carnivores

• autotrophs

• omnivores

• consumers

What are the organisms that decompose dead or decomposing organisms called?

• parasites

• producers

• decomposers

• predators

What is the measure of mass per unit volume?

• Length

• Density

• Weight

• Volume

What term refers to living organisms in an ecosystem?

• biotic factors

• non-living organisms

• inorganic matter

• abiotic factors

What term refers to the non-living components of an ecosystem?

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Organic matter

• Living components