Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Life Science Proficient RIT 180 -
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The environment where an organism lives is called
a. | a food chain | c. | an ecosystem | b. | a habitat | d. | a hypothesis |
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An animal that eats other animals is called
a. | a carnivore | c. | omnivore | b. | a herbivore | d. | vegetarian |
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Organisms that break down and digest dead materials and wastes.
a. | herbivore | c. | omnivore | b. | decomposers | d. | consumer |
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All living and non-living things in a certain environment is called
a. | a food chain | c. | an ecosystem | b. | a habitat | d. | a life cycle |
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An animal that eats only plants is called a
a. | decomposer | c. | omnivore | b. | herbivore | d. | carnivore |
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The order in which animals eat plants and other animals is called
a. | the food chain | c. | an ecosystem | b. | a habitat | d. | a decomposer |
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A predator
a. | is an animal that is the prey | c. | lives on the surface of a
host | b. | hunts other animals for food | d. | only eats
vegetation |
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A living thing that needs to eat other things in order to survive, it cannot
make its own food.
a. | decomposer | c. | prey | b. | predator | d. | consumer |
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A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring is called
a. | a decomposer | c. | an ecosystem | b. | a habitat | d. | an inherited
trait |
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A giraffe’s long neck enables it to reach leaves high above the
reach of other animals, this is an example of
a. | an adaptation | c. | a decomposer | b. | a carnivore | d. | a predator |
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