formative assessment ecology. 1. an organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter a) decomposer...

Formative Assessment

Ecology

1. An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter

A) Decomposer

B) Predator

C) Omnivore

D) Herbivore

2. An animal that eats only plants for food

A) Herbivore

B) Carnivore

C) Omnivore

D) Vegivore

3. An animal that eats both plants and animals

A) Omnivore

B) Carnivore

C) Decomposer

D) Hungry

4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores

A) Omnivore

B) Carnivore

C) Herbivore

D) Producer

5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.

A) food link

B) food web

C) food string

D) food circles

6. Which of the following is an autotroph?

A) Cricket

B) Fish

C) Spider

D) Plant

7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.

A) Praying mantis

B) Wolf

C) Bear

D) Hawk

8.The animal that is hunted by its predator

A) Predator

B) Prey

C) Consumer

D) Producer

9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.

A) Rabbit

B) Lion

C) Human

D) Spider

10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.

A) tree

B) fungus

C) bird

D) person

11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called:

A) Ecology

B) Abiotic factors

C) Fossils

D) Biotic factors

12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.

A) eating meat

B) getting eaten

C) doing the eating

D) eating plants

13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called:

A) Biotic factors

B) Abiotic factors

C) Ecology

D) producers

14. Carnivore that hunts for its food

A) prey

B) predator

C) autotroph

D) producer

15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called

A) carnivores

B) consumers

C) producers

D) herbivores

16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called

A) Plants

B) Producers

C) Consumers

D) Vegivores

17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun to the producers and then to consumers is called a:

A) food highway

B) food line

C) food web

D) food chain

18. The study of all the living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions is

A) Ecology

B) Ecosystem

C) Food web

D) Community

19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment

A) Weather

B) Climate

C) Temperature

D) Heat

20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem

A) community

B) population

C) tissue

D) kingdom

21. All of the populations in an ecosystem

A) Kingdom

B) Tissue

C) Habitat

D) Community

22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem

A) Community

B) Pond

C) Habitat

D) House

1. An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter

A) Decomposer

B) Predator

C) Omnivore

D) Herbivore

2. An animal that eats only plants for food

A) Herbivore

B) Carnivore

C) Omnivore

D) Vegivore

3. An animal that eats both plants and animals

A) Omnivore

B) Carnivore

C) Decomposer

D) Hungry

4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores

A) Omnivore

B) Carnivore

C) Herbivore

D) Producer

5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________.

A) food link

B) food web

C) food string

D) food circles

6. Which of the following is an autotroph?

A) Cricket

B) Fish

C) Spider

D) Plant

7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________.

A) Praying mantis

B) Wolf

C) Bear

D) Hawk

8.The animal that is hunted by its predator

A) Predator

B) Prey

C) Consumer

D) Producer

9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________.

A) Rabbit

B) Lion

C) Human

D) Spider

10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________.

A) tree

B) fungus

C) bird

D) person

11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called:

A) Ecology

B) Abiotic factors

C) Fossils

D) Biotic factors

12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________.

A) eating meat

B) getting eaten

C) doing the eating

D) eating plants

13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called:

A) Biotic factors

B) Abiotic factors

C) Ecology

D) producers

14. Carnivore that hunts for its food

A) prey

B) predator

C) autotroph

D) producer

15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called

A) carnivores

B) consumers

C) producers

D) herbivores

16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called

A) Plants

B) Producers

C) Consumers

D) Vegivores

17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun to the producers and then to consumers is called a:

A) food highway

B) food line

C) food web

D) food chain

18. The study of all the living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions

A) Ecology

B) Ecosystem

C) Food web

D) Community

19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment

A) Weather

B) Climate

C) Temperature

D) Heat

20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem

A) community

B) population

C) tissue

D) kingdom

21. All of the populations in an ecosystem

A) Kingdom

B) Tissue

C) Habitat

D) Community

22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem

A) Community

B) Pond

C) Habitat

D) House