Ecology Review

An organism that eats other organisms is called a _______.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

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

• Autotroph

• Carnivore

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

An organism that eats meat is called a _______.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detritivore

An organism that eats only plants is called a _______.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Insectivore

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

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Insectivore

Find the answers to the ecology scavenger hunt using your notes. The energy found in nutrients originates from the _______.

• Sun

• Moon

• Soil

• Wind

Tags

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

• Competition

• Predation

• Symbiosis

• Migration

This biome is characterized by the mixing of salt water and freshwater and has animals such as crabs, starfish and beluga whales. It is called _______. (not on test)

• Estuary

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra

This biome has lots of pressure, is dark and has many creepy fish and sea creatures. It is called _______.(note: not on test)

• Deep Ocean

• Coral Reef

• Mangrove Forest

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The organism that gets eaten is called _______.

• Prey

• Predator

• Producer

• Decomposer