Unit 6 Lesson 2 Ecology and Energy Transfer Vocab Quiz

Fill in the blank: An organism that eats only plants is called a _______.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• insectivore

Fill in the blank: An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings is called a _______.

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• phototroph

• saprotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: An organism that eats only animals/meat is called a _______.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• insectivore

Fill in the blank: A community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment is called an _______.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• biome

• ecozone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: An organism that eats both plants and animals is called an _______.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• detritivore

Fill in the blank: The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms is called a _______.

• food chain

• ecosystem

• energy cycle

• trophic level

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A place where an organism usually lives is called a _______.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• biome

• environment

Fill in the blank: An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter is called a _______.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem is called a _______.

• food web

• food chain

• ecosystem network

• trophic pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients is called a _______.

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• parasite