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Ch 2 Test-Interaction of living things
Contributed by: Mitchell
(Original author: Davis)
  • 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) omnivore
B) predator
C) decomposer
D) herbivore
  • 2. An animal that eats only plants for food
A) herbivore
B) omnivore
C) carnivore
D) vegivore
  • 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals
A) decomposer
B) hungry
C) carnivore
D) omnivore
  • 4. An organism that eats only meat for food
A) producer
B) carnivore
C) herbivore
D) omnivore
  • 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food string
B) food circles
C) food web
D) food link
  • 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) fish
B) cricket
C) spider
D) plant
  • 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.
A) cat
B) wolf
C) praying mantis
D) bear
  • 8. The animal that is hunted by its predator
A) predator
B) producer
C) prey
D) consumer
  • 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.
A) rabbit
B) lion
C) spider
D) worm
  • 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.
A) a person
B) a bird
C) a tree
D) worm
  • 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) fossils
C) ecology
D) abiotic factors
  • 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.
A) doing the eating
B) eats meat
C) eats plants
D) getting eaten
  • 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) biotic factors
B) producers
C) abiotic factors
D) ecology
  • 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food
A) producer
B) consumer
C) prey
D) predator
  • 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called
A) producers
B) carnivores
C) consumers
D) herbivores
  • 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) producers
B) plants
C) vegivores
D) consumers
  • 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun, to producer, to consumers is called a
A) food highway
B) food chain
C) food line
D) food web
  • 18. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) ecosystem
B) ecology
C) food web
D) community
  • 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment
A) temperature
B) heat
C) weather
D) climate
  • 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) species
B) kingdom
C) community
D) population
  • 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem
A) kingdom
B) community
C) population
D) habitat
  • 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem
A) pond
B) community
C) habitat
D) house
  • 23. Which type of organisms are best able to recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem?
A) scavengers
B) producers
C) predators
D) decomposers
  • 24. Producers are found at the bottom of the pyramid because producers
A) depend on consumers
B) provide energy for consumers
C) have less mass than consumers
D) have fewer species than consumers
  • 25. Which statement describes the role of bacteria and fungi?
A) They hold soil in place during high winds
B) They increase water access and flow and help aerate the soil
C) The decompose organic matter in the soil
D) They grow within cracks of rocks, breaking the rock into small pieces
  • 26. What would happen if the frogs were suddenly removed from this food chain? clover-grasshopper-frog-snake-owl
A) The clover population would be unaffected
B) The owl population would increase
C) The snake population would begin feeding on grasshoppers
D) The grasshopper population would increase
  • 27. How do producers get energy?
A) eating plants and seeds
B) using the sun to make food
C) breaking down organisms through decay
D) eating other animals
  • 28. In one area, a large source of prey for eagles is rabbits. If the number of rabbits suddenly decreases, what effect will it most likely have on the eagles?
A) They will adapt new behaviors
B) Their numbers will increase
C) Their numbers will decrease
  • 29. Which of the following is a first level, or primary consumer?
A) acorn tree
B) fox
C) coyote
D) squirrel
  • 30. Which organisms make energy available to all other organisms in a food chain?
A) consumers
B) producers
C) scavengers
D) decomposers
  • 31. Populations, community, biosphere, organism, and ecosystem are all terms that are related to the environment. Choose the set that has the terms arranged in order from simplest to most complex
A) organism, population, community, biosphere, ecosystem
B) organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere
C) biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism
D) organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
  • 32. Which of the following correctly describes the transfer of energy in an ecosystem
A) Energy is transferred from consumers to producers
B) Energy is transferred from producers to consumers
C) Energy is transferred from the sun to decomposers
D) Energy is transferred from producers to the sun
  • 33. Nature's recyclers are
A) omnivores
B) decomposers
C) predators
D) producers
  • 34. Which of the following is the correct classification of the organisms in the food web
A) zebra-producer;hyena-producer; beetle-decomposer
B) zebra-consumer;hyena-consumer;beetle-consumer
C) zebra-producer; hyena - producer; beetle-consumer
D) zebra-consumer; hyena-consumer; beetle-decomposer
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