6th Grade Ecology

An organism that eats other organisms is called a.......

• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Herbivore
• Prey

An organism that makes its own food is NOT called a heterotroph but an ......

• Consumer
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Autotroph

An organism that eats meat is called a .....

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Predator
• Herbivore

An organism that eats only plants is called a....

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Consumer
• Carnivore

An organism that eats both meat and plants is called a . . .

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Prey

The energy found in nutrients originates from the....

• Primary Consumer
• Soil
• Sun
• Secondary Consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When two or more organisms fight for resources it is called. . . 

• Predation
• Mutualism
• Competition
• Symbiosis

This biome is characterized by the mixing of salt water and freshwater and has animals such as crabs, starfish and beluga whales. . . 

• Intertidal Zone
• Open Ocean
• Estuary
• Rivers and Streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This biome has lots of pressure, is dark and has many creepy fish and sea creatures

• Estuary 
• Savannah/Tropical Grassland
• Deep Ocean 
• Intertidal Zone

The organism that gets eaten is called

• Predator
• Prey
• Competitors
• Friends

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4