Ecology Quiz

What is the term for the amount of matter in an object?

• Mass

• Ecosystem

• Producer

• Carnivore

Which term describes a living thing that breaks down dead organisms?

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

What is the term for a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten?

• Food chain

• Ecosystem

• Control

• Overpopulation

Which term refers to a living thing that can make its own food?

• Producer

• Carnivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

What is the term for an animal that eats only plants?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Which term describes a living thing that eats both plants and animals?

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

What is the term for a living thing that eats only other animals?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

Match each with its description

• gets energy from eating meat

• omnivore

•  gets energy from eating vegetation

• carnivore

• gets energy from eating meat and vegetation

• herbivore

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

The most energy is available at the (a)   level of an energy pyramid.

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• decomposer

• top predator