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Food Webs/Matter Cycles Vocabulary

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An individual living things,such as animals or a plants,is called an

a)

Animal

b)

plant

c)

Organism

d)

Nutrition

2.

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

3.

An organism that can make its own food

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

4.

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

5.

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

predator

6.

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

7.

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

organism

8.

________________ are consumers that eat ONLY PLANTS.

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Producers

9.

__________________ are consumers that eat ONLY MEAT (other animals)?

a)

Omnivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Herbivores

10.

__________________ are consumers that eat BOTH Plants and Animals for food.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Producers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

11.

Deer are ______________________.

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

12.

Coyotes are __________________.

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

13.

Raccoons are ________________.

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

14.

Black bears are ____________________.

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

15.

herbivores like to eat?

a)

meat

b)

grass

c)

meat and grass

d)

pizza

16.

carnivores eat?

a)

meat

b)

grass

c)

both meat and grass

d)

chocolate

17.

omnivores eat?

a)

meat

b)

grass

c)

both meat and grass

d)

pop tarts

18.
A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?
a)
carnivore
b)
decomposer
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
19.
The way energy is passed from one organism to another
a)
food chain
b)
energy
c)
extinct
d)
habitat
20.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
21.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
22.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
23.
An animal that eats only plants is an...
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
24.

A food chain is:

a)

an animal that eats only plants.

b)

a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)

c)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.

25.

which one is a Producer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.
What do Herbivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
27.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers