Chapter 3 Vocabulary Quiz: Nature Unhooked

An organism that eats plants.

• Herbivore

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

A complicated series of interconnected food chains that shows how energy is transferred among organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food Web

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

Any substance required by an organism for growth.

• Nutrient

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

• Omnivore

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

A nonliving part of an ecosystem, such as water, air, soil, sunlight, or minerals.

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

• Consumer

An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.

• Consumer

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

A chemical process through which organisms change oxygen and sugar into carbon dioxide and water.

• Cellular Respiration

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Consumer

A living or once living part of an ecosystem, such as animals, plants, fungi, or other organisms.

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration

• Consumer

An organism that eats animals.

• Carnivore

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Cellular Respiration

• Consumer

An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms into simple atoms and molecules.

• Decompser

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Carnivore

• Cellular Respiration