Ecosystem Quiz

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that eats both plants and animals

• an animal that only eats plants

• an animal that eats only other animals

• a living thing that makes its own food

What does the term 'consumer' refer to in an ecosystem?

• a living thing that makes its own food

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• a living thing that eats other living things

• the movement of material through an ecosystem

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that eats only other animals

• a living thing that eats other living things

• an animal that only eats plants

• a living thing that makes its own food

What does 'matter' refer to?

• the movement of material through an ecosystem

• a pretend version of something that scientists use

• an animal that eats both plants and animals

• anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas

What is matter flow?

• a living thing that makes its own food

• the movement of material through an ecosystem, such as through food chains and food webs

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• many different food chains found in one place

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What is a model in scientific terms?

• an animal that eats both plants and animals

• anything that takes up space

• a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• a living thing that eats other living things

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What is an omnivore?

• an animal that only eats plants

• an animal that eats both plants and animals

• a living thing that makes its own food

• an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal

What is a predator?

• a living thing that eats other living things

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• an animal that only eats plants

• a living thing that makes its own food

What is prey?

• an animal that eats both plants and animals

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• a living thing that makes its own food

• an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

• an animal that eats only other animals

• a living thing that eats other living things

• an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal

• a living thing that makes its own food

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