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VOCAB TEST UNIT 1

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Question 1

1.

An organism that uses energy in sunlight to make its own food.

decomposer

producer

consumer

ecosystem

Question 2

2.

The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Omnivore

food web

Ecosystem

Food chain

Question 3

3.

The event of all the individuals of a species of plant or animal dying out

Extinction 

Adaptations 

Food chain

Ecosystem 

Question 4

4.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

Omnivore

Carnivore

Herbivore

scavenger

Question 5

5.

An animal that eats dead things

Omnivore

Herbivore

Carnivore 

Scavenger 

Question 6

6.

Nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Biological interaction

Biotic factors

Abiotic factors

Photosynthesis

Question 7

7.

An organism that cannot make its own food (think carefully about each option)

Decomposer

Omnivore 

Consumer 

Producer

Question 8

8.

Organism that breaks down matter and returns nutrients to the environment

Producer

Ecosystem 

Consumer

Decomposer

Question 9

9.

An interaction in which animals hunt, catch, kill, and eat other animals (their prey)

predatory relationship

competitive relationship

mutually beneficial relationship

parasitic relationship

Question 10

10.

Two organisms fighting for a limited resource (shelter, sunlight, food, a mate)

predatory relationship

competitive relationship

mutually beneficial relationship

parasitic relationship

Question 11

11.

A relationship where both organisms benefit

predatory relationship

competitive relationship

mutually beneficial relationship

parasitic relationship

Question 12

12.

Effects that organisms have on one another

endangered species

predatory relationship

biological interaction

abiotic factors

Question 13

13.

A process by which plants use light, water, and carbon dioxide to create food and release oxygen into the air

biotic factors

food chain

photosynthesis

abiotic factors

Question 14

14.

The living parts of the ecosystem

biotic factors

carnivore

abiotic factors

biological interactions

Question 15

15.

All the living and nonliving things in an area that interact

adaptation

ecosystem

food chain

food web

Question 16

16.

A characteristic or behavior that helps an individual survive and reproduce

carnivore

food chain

adaptation

ecosystem

Question 17

17.

A consumer that eats only animals

scavenger

carnivore

herbivore

omnivore

Question 18

18.

A species of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction

biological interaction

endangered species

ecosystem

predatory relationship

Question 19

19.

A path in which energy passes from producer through many consumers by being eaten and eating

food chain

adaptation

photosynthesis

food web

Question 20

20.

A consumer that eats only plants

scavenger

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

Question 21

21.

Which of the following is an example of a competitive relationship?

A squirrel hides an acorn.

A lion hunts and eats a zebra.

A bird cleans bugs off of a water buffalo.

A coyote takes food from a fox.

Question 22

22.

Which of the following is an example of a predatory relationship?

A squirrel hides an acorn.

A lion hunts and eats a zebra.

A bird cleans bugs off of a water buffalo.

A coyote takes food from a fox.

Question 23

23.

Which of the following is an example of a mutually beneficial relationship?

A squirrel hides an acorn.

A lion hunts and eats a zebra.

A bird cleans bugs off of a water buffalo.

A coyote takes food from a fox.

Question 24

24.

Select all the example of ABIOTIC factors

trees

rocks

water

turtles

plankton

sunlight

wind

Question 25

25.

Select all the example of BIOTIC factors

trees

rocks

water

turtles

plankton

sunlight

wind

Question 26

26.

Name a producer (spelling counts).

Question 27

27.

Name a consumer (spelling counts).

Question 28

28.

Name a decomposer (spelling counts).