Whose role is it to produce their own food?
a. producer b. consumer c. decomposer
What is a. producer?
Which is NOT a consumer?
a. carnivore b. herbivore c. producer
What is c. producer?
Which of the following animals is an herbivore?
a. grizzly bear b. cow c. lion
What is b. cow?
What is an adaptation that helps an animal hide from predators?
a. migration b. extinction c. camouflage
What is c. camouflage?
Herbivores and omnivores both eat what other living thing?
a. producers b. consumers c. decomposers
What are a. producers?
What is the meaning of extinct?
a. Some members of a certain kind of organism have died. b. All members of a certain kind of organism live in the same area. c. All members of a certain kind of organism have died.
What is c. All members of a certain kind of organism have died?
An animal that eats other living things is called a _______________.
a. producer b. consumer c. decomposer
What is b. consumer?
Which sequence correctly shows how energy flows among these four organisms?
a. grass > rabbit > fox > eagle
b. grass > fox > rabbit > eagle
c. fox > eagle > grass > rabbit
What is a. grass > rabbit > fox > eagle?
_________________ is behavior that an animal is born with.
a. instinct b. camouflage c. extinction
What is a. instinct?
Which type of consumer is always at the top of a food chain?
a. herbivores b. omnivores c. carnivores
What are c. carnivores?
Which living things provide food for herbivores?
a. producers b. consumers c. decomposers
What is a. producers?
What is the name for consumers that are eaten?
a. carnivores b. prey c. predators
What is b. prey?
______________ are helpful in the food chain because they break down the remains of other organisms and add nutrients to the soil.
a. producers b. consumers c. decomposers
What is c. decomposers?
Which of the following is an adaptation that allows animals to survive during cold weather?
a. predation b. wings c. hibernation
What is c. hibernation?
How are a horse and a squirrel ALIKE?
a. Both are predators b. Both are consumers c. Both are decomposers
What is b. Both are consumers?
All the different species that live together in an area is called a/an ____________.
a. population b. community c. environment
What is b. community?
An earthworm is an example of a __________.
a. producer b. consumer c. decomposer
What is c. decomposer?
As you move up the levels of an energy pyramid, the number of living things decreases? Why?
a. The amount of sunlight decreases. b. There is not enough water in the environment for a large number of living things. c. The amount of energy available to living things decreases.
What is c. The amount of energy available to living things decreases?
When a skunk is frightened by a predator. It sprays a foul smelling liquid. This is an example of
a. an adaptation b. migration c. extinction
What is a. an adaption?
What is the job of the mushrooms in an ecosystem?
a. to reduce the predators in the area b. to break down dead plants and animals c. to make their own food
What is b. to break down dead plants and animals?
Which word describes a group of cows standing together?
a. population b. individual c. community
What is a. population?
Which of the following do herbivores eat?
a. producers b. consumers c. decomposers
What is a. producers?
What is the role of fungi in an ecosystem?
a. to reduce predators in the area b. to capture the sun's energy c. to break down dead plants and animals
What is c. to break down dead plants and animals?
There are very few eastern cougars left in the world. Eastern cougars are ....
a. endangered b. extinct c. herbivores
What is a. endangered?
Which term includes herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
a. producers b. consumers c. decomposers
What is b. consumers?