Energy Flow Pretest

Energy Flow
Pretest

By A Merritt

Multiple Choice

What makes up all type of matter in living and nonliving things in an ecosystem?

• cells

• sunlight

• atoms and molecules

• calcium and oxygen

Fill in the Blanks

Dogwood and oak trees are two kinds of plants found in a forest. These trees and other forest plants get the energy they need for making food from

, which the plants use to produce sugar.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of a tortoise in a desert environment that distinguish the tortoise as a living thing?
Choose the three that apply.

• It needs food.

• It reproduces.

• It uses energy.

• It takes up space.

• 
  It is made up of atoms.

Match

Match the following items as biotic or abiotic.

• alligator

• grass

• soil

• turtle

• sunlight

biotic

biotic

abiotic

biotic

abiotic

• biotic

• biotic

• abiotic

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Which would be an activity that would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• 
  burning a tree

• driving a car

• adding animals

• adding plants