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Ecosystems Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism eaten by a predator in order for the predator to gain energy.

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

prey

d)

decomposer

2.

A community of several food chains that intertwine.

a)

food web

b)

population

c)

community

d)

niche

3.

A plant is an example because they can make their own food.

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

habitat

4.

What is an animal that eats only plants?

a)

vegetarian

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

5.

What are animals called that only eat other animals?

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

meatatarian

6.

Polar bears can't survive in the desert because it is not their natural _______

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

niche

d)

community

7.

What is made up of 3 living features and 1 nonliving feature?

a)

community

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

niche

8.

What are mushrooms known as because they break down into waste?

a)

abiotic

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

decomposer

9.

Everyone has their own _______ because they have a role to play.

a)

niche

b)

prey

c)

habitat

d)

population

10.

The series of one organism being eaten by another in a chain is called ______

(flower eaten by a rabbit which is eaten by a hawk)

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

food web

d)

food chain

11.

An animal hunting for another as food is known as a _________

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

prey

d)

predator

12.

Animals that eat weeds and different types of fish are known as ________

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

13.

All the different types of populations living in one environment is known as a _______

a)

population

b)

community

c)

niche

d)

forest

14.

What gets its energy by eating another organism?

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

consumer

15.

A group of all the same kinds of fish living in the same ecosystem is called __________

a)

niche

b)

community

c)

population

d)

ecosystem