Understanding Ecology Through Formative Assessment

1. Formative Assessment Ecology

2. 1. An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter A) Decomposer B) Predator C) Omnivore D) Herbivore

3. 2. An animal that eats only plants for food A) Herbivore B) Carnivore C) Omnivore D) Vegivore

4. 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals • Omnivore • Carnivore • Decomposer • Hungry

5. 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores • Omnivore • Carnivore • Herbivore • Producer

6. 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________. • food link • food web • food string • food circles

7. 6. Which of the following is an autotroph? • Cricket • Fish • Spider • Plant

8. 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________. • Praying mantis • Wolf • Bear • Hawk

9. 8.The animal that is hunted by its predator • Predator • Prey • Consumer • Producer

10. 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________. • Rabbit • Lion • Human • Spider

11. 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________. • tree • fungus • bird • person

12. 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called: • Ecology • Abiotic factors • Fossils • Biotic factors

13. 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________. • eating meat • getting eaten • doing the eating • eating plants

14. 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called: • Biotic factors • Abiotic factors • Ecology • producers

15. 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food A) preyB) predatorC) autotrophD) producer

16. 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called A) carnivoresB) consumersC) producersD) herbivores

17. 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called • Plants • Producers • Consumers • Vegivores

18. 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun to the producers and then to consumers is called a: • food highway • food line • food web • food chain

19. 18. The study of all the living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions is • Ecology • Ecosystem • Food web • Community

20. 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment • Weather • Climate • Temperature • Heat

21. 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem A) communityB) populationC) tissueD) kingdom

22. 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem • Kingdom • Tissue • Habitat • Community

23. 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem • Community • Pond • Habitat • House

24. 1. An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter A) Decomposer B) Predator C) Omnivore D) Herbivore

25. 2. An animal that eats only plants for food A) Herbivore B) Carnivore C) Omnivore D) Vegivore

26. 3. An animal that eats both plants and animals • Omnivore • Carnivore • Decomposer • Hungry

27. 4. An animal that eats both omnivores and herbivores • Omnivore • Carnivore • Herbivore • Producer

28. 5. Many food chains that are linked together are called a ________________. • food link • food web • food string • food circles

29. 6. Which of the following is an autotroph? • Cricket • Fish • Spider • Plant

30. 7. An example of an omnivore would be a ___________________. • Praying mantis • Wolf • Bear • Hawk

31. 8.The animal that is hunted by its predator • Predator • Prey • Consumer • Producer

32. 9. An example of an herbivore would be a ______________. • Rabbit • Lion • Human • Spider

33. 10. An example of a decomposer would be a ____________________. • tree • fungus • bird • person

34. 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called: • Ecology • Abiotic factors • Fossils • Biotic factors

35. 12. The direction an arrow faces in a food chain points to who is ___________________. • eating meat • getting eaten • doing the eating • eating plants

36. 13. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called: • Biotic factors • Abiotic factors • Ecology • producers

37. 14. Carnivore that hunts for its food A) preyB) predatorC) autotrophD) producer

38. 15. Organisms that make their own food for energy are called A) carnivoresB) consumersC) producersD) herbivores

39. 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called • Plants • Producers • Consumers • Vegivores

40. 17. The straight path in which energy is passed from the sun to the producers and thento consumers is called a: • food highway • food line • food web • food chain

41. 18. The study of all the living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions • Ecology • Ecosystem • Food web • Community

42. 19. An important abiotic factor that means the typical weather pattern in an environment • Weather • Climate • Temperature • Heat

43. 20. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem A) communityB) populationC) tissueD) kingdom

44. 21. All of the populations in an ecosystem • Kingdom • Tissue • Habitat • Community

45. 22. The home of an organism within an ecosystem • Community • Pond • Habitat • House