WorksheetsAdaptations and Food Chains/Food Webs Vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a structure or a behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings
a)
migration
b)
camouflage
c)
adaptation
d)
hibernation
2.
a deep sleeplike state when an animal's body processes slow down during winter months
a)
camouflage
b)
adaptation
c)
migration
d)
hibernation
3.
the job that a body part does in an organism
a)
function
b)
adaptation
c)
migration
d)
structure
4.
a period of time during which a plant is alive but not growing
a)
species
b)
migration
c)
function
d)
dormancy
5.
the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings
a)
structure
b)
camouflage
c)
hibernation
d)
adaptation
6.
active at night
a)
structure
b)
migration
c)
function
d)
nocturnal
7.
a seasonal movement of animals from one place to another
a)
structure
b)
hibernation
c)
adaptation
d)
migration
8.
one organism looking like another kind of organism in its environment so it can escape predators or catch prey
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
species
d)
migration
9.
a body part that does a certain job for an organism
a)
function
b)
migration
c)
structure
d)
nocturnal
10.
a living organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food, using the energy of the Sun, water and carbon dioxide
a)
predator
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
food web
11.
a living organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
a)
herbivore
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
food web
12.
an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals
a)
omnivore
b)
prey
c)
herbivore
d)
predator
13.
an animal that eats other animals
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
scavenger
d)
carnivore
14.
the path that food energy travels from one organism to another organism in an ecosystem
a)
energy pyramid
b)
food web
c)
food chain
d)
decomposer
15.
an animal that eats both plants and animals
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
predator
16.
organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead and decaying matter and waster
a)
scavenger
b)
food chain
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
17.
a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from each level of the food chain to the next
a)
energy pyramid
b)
food chain
c)
decomposer
d)
herbivore
18.
overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem
a)
producer
b)
decompser
c)
food web
d)
food chain
19.
an animal that eats dead organisms
a)
omnivore
b)
carnivore
c)
scavenger
d)
predator
20.
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
a)
herbivore
b)
predator
c)
omnivore
d)
carnivore
21.
an animal that eats only plants or plant products like seeds
a)
predator
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
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