Sharing the Planet Vocabulary Quiz

What is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things? Examples are the tundra, forests, and deserts.

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Biome

What people can use that comes from the natural environment like air, water and oil.

• Natural Resources

• Omnivore

• Producer

• Biome

This is a large community of living things (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area that are linked together through a food web.

• consumers

• biome

• ecosystem

• producers

A living thing that feeds on plants or other animals for energy.

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

A food _____ only follows just one path as animals find food.

• web

• chain

• line

• path

A food _____ is made up of many connected food chains.

• web

• chain

• path

• line

__________ is an organism, either a green plant or bacteria, which is part of the first level of a food chain.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• abiotic

These are fungi and bacteria that get their nutrients from dead plant or animal material.

• consumer

• decomposer

• abiotic

• biotic

Biotic means

• A living thing

• A non-living thing

Abiotic means

• A living thing

• A non-living thing