Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The order in which animals eat plants and other animals is called
a. | a decomposer | c. | a habitat | b. | an ecosystem | d. | the food chain |
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Organisms that break down and digest dead materials and wastes.
a. | decomposers | c. | omnivore | b. | consumer | d. | herbivore |
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A predator
a. | only eats vegetation | c. | is an animal that is the prey | b. | lives on the surface
of a host | d. | hunts other
animals for food |
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A behavior than an animal inherits from its parents. It is not
taught. This is called
a. | inherited trait | c. | adaptation | b. | learned behavior | d. | instinct |
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An animal that eats other animals is called
a. | vegetarian | c. | omnivore | b. | a carnivore | d. | a herbivore |
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To make more organisms of the same kind is called
a. | a life cycle | c. | reproducing | b. | the food chain | d. | consuming |
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An animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal is called
a. | prey | c. | a carnivore | b. | a predator | d. | a consumer |
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The stages of an animal’s life from birth to death is called
a. | an ecosystem | c. | the food chain | b. | a habitat | d. | a life cycle |
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The change of water from one state to another as it moves through the
Earth’s environment is called
a. | the food chain | c. | the life cycle | b. | the ecosystem | d. | the water cycle |
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An animal that eats only plants is called a
a. | omnivore | c. | carnivore | b. | decomposer | d. | herbivore |
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