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Unit 6 Vocab Quiz 2
Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem. Made up of many food chains. | Food Web |
| What is a consumer that eats both plants and animals | Omnivore |
| What is is the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers. | Food Chain |
| What is also called an autotroph, uses energy to make food. Most use sunlight to make food in a process called photosynthesis. | Producer |
| What is an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms. Example: fungi such as mushrooms and some bacteria. | Decomposer |
| What is an organism that eats other organisms because they cannot make their own food. | Consumer |
| What is is a consumer that eats only plants. Example: grasshopper, bison | Herbivore |
| What is a consumer that eats other animals. Example: Hedgehog or wolf | Heterotroph |
| What is specialized consumer that feeds dead organisms. Example: turkey vulture | Scavenger |
| The maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support. | Carrying Capacity |