Ecosystems Quiz

Multiple Choice

The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.

• the Earth
• the moon
• the sun
• the food we eat/make

Multiple Choice

1. What are organisms that eat both producers and consumers classified as?

• producers

• omnivores

• carnivores

• herbivores

Multiple Choice

A worm that breaks down a zebra’s body when it dies is considered a …

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• scavenger

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a producer?

• A fungus because it breaks down dead plant material

• A tree because it uses the sun’s energy to make sugar

• My brother because he makes his own food in the kitchen

• A tree because it’s leaves are green

Multiple Choice

What do the arrows in the food chain represent?

• the organisms that live in an ecosystem

• the flow of energy from one organism to another

• Only interactions between producers and consumers

• Energy passed from consumer to consumer

Multiple Choice

Which type of organism only eats meat?

• Detritivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

Multiple Choice

Which type of organism only eats plants?

• Detritivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

Which type of organism eats plants and meat?

• Detritivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

Which type of organism breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning important nutrients to the environment?

• Decomposer
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

Multiple Choice

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

Ecosystems- are areas made up of living and non living organisms and how they interact.​

What makes up an Ecosystem:

Living Things- people, plants, and animals​

Non-Living Things- ​water, air, soil, and weather

Ecosystem

1. Organism- the same species living in the same area.

2. Population- a group of organisms living in the same area.

3. Community- all different populations living in the same place.

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What living things make up an Ecosystem?

Multiple Choice

What is an ecosystem?

• All of the living things in area

• All of the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions

• All of the non-living things in an area

• Only one specific type of organism in an area

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a living thing that can be found in an ecosystem?

• Plants

• Animals

• Air

• People

Multiple Choice

Which are the 5 groups of vertebrate animals?

• Mammals, fish, amphibians and sharks
• Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians
• Lions, tuna, eagle, crocodile and frog
• Humans, fish, birds and reptiles

Multiple Choice

It´s hot all year, it has abundant rainfalls

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• TUNDRA

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

IT HAS LARGE TREES AND CLIMBING PLANTS

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• TUNDRA

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

IT´S VERY VERY COLD AND HAS LONG WINTERS

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• TUNDRA

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

IT HAS LOTS OF GRASS AND LIONS

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• TUNDRA

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

HERE WE CAN FIND ARTIC FOXES

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• TUNDRA

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

HERE THERE ARE NO TREES

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• DESERT

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

THERE ARE LOTS OF FISH SWIMMING

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• OCEAN

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Choice

WATCH OUT! THERE ARE LIONS

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• RAINFOREST

• OCEAN

• GRASSLAND

Multiple Select

Select ALL of the types of terrestrial ecosystems.

• Swamp

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Rainforest

Multiple Choice

What does "terrestrial" mean?

• Water

• Land

• Animals

• Plants

Multiple Choice

Which type of terrestrial ecosystem receives less than 10 inches of water a year?

• Desert

• Forest

• Rainforest

• Grassland

Multiple Choice

Which type of terrestrial ecosystem is wet and warm all year long?

• Desert

• Forest

• Rainforest

• Grassland

Multiple Choice

Which terrestrial ecosystem does this picture show?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Forest

• Grassland

Multiple Choice

Which terrestrial ecosystem does this picture show?

• Forest

• Rainforest

• Desert

• Grassland

Multiple Choice

Which aquatic ecosystem does this picture show?

• River

• Swamp

• Pond

• Stream

Multiple Choice

What does "aquatic" mean?

• Land

• Water

• Plants

• Animals

Multiple Choice

Which aquatic ecosystem is shown in the picture?

• Swamp

• Ocean

• Pond

• River

Multiple Choice

In which ecosystem would you find wolves, eagles, caribou and brown bears?

• desert

• prairie

• tropical rainforest

• tundra

Multiple Choice

Which biome is the driest?

• Desert
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Rainforest