Biology Rewiew Bimonthly Exam October 4

Question 0

such as desert cottontails, are organisms that eat only plants.

Answer 0

Herbivore

Question 1

is a sequence that links species by their feeding relation- ships

Answer 1

Food chain

Question 2

are organisms that eat only animals. Harris’s hawks are carni-
vores that eat desert cottontails.

Answer 2

Carnivores

Question 3

are organisms that eat both plants and animals. Kangaroo rats
are omnivores that eat both seeds and insects.

Answer 3

Omnivores

Question 4

are organisms that eat detritus, or dead
organic matter.

Answer 4

Detritivores

Question 5

are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler
compounds.

Answer 5

Decomposer

Question 6

is a consumer that primarily eats one specific organism or feeds on a very small number of organisms.

Answer 6

Specialist

Question 7

are consumers that have a varying diet.

Answer 7

Generalist

Question 8

are the levels of nourishment in a food chain.

Answer 8

Tropic levels

Question 9

is a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond an ecosystem.

Answer 9

Food web