Mean Green Science: Interdependency and Life Science Quiz 2

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a 

• food web
• ecosystem
• food chain
• population

A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a 

• food web
• ecosystem
• food chain
• population

What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(an) _____________.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph

Which of the following is NOT a consumer?

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

The shrew provides energy for the _______.

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

Which represents the largest group in a food web?

• carnivores
• omnivores
• herbivores
• producers