Science
Chapter 5
Test Review
The process by which plants make
food, using energy from sunlight.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
F. photosynthesis
A community of organisms and the
environment in which they live.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
C. Ecosystem
An animal that eats only producers.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
G. herbivore
An organism that makes its own food.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
H. producer
An animal that eats plants or other
animals.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
A. consumer
The transfer of energy between
organisms in an ecosystem.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
B. Food chain
An organism that breaks down the
remains of dead plants and animals.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
D. Decomposer
A diagram that shows how much food
energy is passed to each level in a
food chain.
A. consumer
B. food chain
C. Ecosystem
D. Decomposer
E. Energy Pyramid
F. Photosynthesis
G. Herbivore
H. producer
E. Energy pyramid
What is the source of energy for
producers?
A. the sun, because producers need
light to make food.
B. the earth, because the soil
provides warmth and nutrients.
C. wind, because producers need
wind to scatter their seeds.
D. fresh water, because producers
need water to make food
A. the sun, because producers
need light to make food.
What kind of animal
comes last in every food
chain?
A. carnivore
B. decomposer
C. herbivore
D. producer
B. decomposer
Suppose a colony of ants eats a plant.
How much of the plant’s energy is
passed to the ants?
A. 1 percent
B. 10 percent
C. 50 percent
D. 90 percent
B. 10 percent
Which process is NOT part of the
nitrogen cycle.
A. bacteria that live on some plant roots
fix nitrogen gas
B. plants release nitrogen compounds
during transpiration.
C. Bacteria break down animal wastes and
dead organisms.
D. lightning produces nitrogen compounds
that dissolve in rain.
B. plants release nitrogen
compounds during transpiration.
Which substance enables a plant to
use the sun’s energy to make food?
A. chlorophyll
B. oxygen
C. sugar
D. water
A. chlorophyll
Which is a product of photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. pigment
C. Oxygen
Which term is correctly described?
A. herbivore: second level
consumer
B. omnivore: producer
C. carnivore: consumer
D. decomposer: first- level
consumer.
C. carnivore: consumer
Which ordering of these organisms
makes a food chain?
A. grass  snake  locust  owl
B. owl  snake  grass  locust
C. snake  locust  grass  owl
D. Grass  locust  snake  owl
D. Grass  locust  snake  owl