ECOSYSTEMS TEST

1. What is your name? Capitalization counts

2. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants

• germinate
• reproduce
• make food

3. Living and non-living things interacting in an area is called a_________________.

• energy pyramid
• ecosystem
• food chain

4. An animal that eats only producers is called a(an) ___________________.

• consumer
• producer
• carnivore
• herbivore

5. An organism that makes its own food is called a _________________.

• consumer
• producer
• carnivore
• herbivore

6. An animal that eats plants and other animals is called a(n) _________________.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

7. Herbivore, carnivore and decomposers are all types of ____________________________

• consumers
• producers
• decomposers

8. The transfer of energy from one organism to one other in an ecosystem is called a __________________.

• food chain
• photosynthesis
• ecosystem

9. A __________________ is an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• decomposer
• producer

10. A _______________________ is a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed to each level.

• food chain
• food web
• energy pyramid