Quiz about 5th Grade Unit 4 Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

Question 1

An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis is called...

Accepted Answer

Producer

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Consumer

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Heterotroph

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Decomposer

Question 2

Organisms that recycle nutrients and feed on dead/decaying plants and animals

Accepted Answer

Decomposer

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Producer

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Autotroph

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Predator

Question 3

How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?

Accepted Answer

10%

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50%

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90%

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100%

Question 4

Which organism in this food chain would have the most energy?

Accepted Answer

Grass

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Grasshopper

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Frog

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Python

Question 5

What is photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to make oxygen

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how fungi obtain energy

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The process in which green plants use oxygen to make carbon dioxide

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the process of absorbing energy by touching things

Question 6

What is the source of all energy?

Accepted Answer

sun

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producers

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consumers

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decomposers

Question 7

Which of the following is the best example of a decomposer?

Accepted Answer

bacteria

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vulture

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algae

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rat

Question 8

Interconnected food chains are called

Accepted Answer

food webs

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food cycles

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energy pyramids

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trophic levels

Question 9

A food chain shows how _____ moves through an ecosystem

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energy

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matter

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food

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atoms

Question 10

This diagram is an

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energy pyramid

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food chain

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food web

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energy cycle

Question 11

One problem with this diagram is

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there are no producers

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there are no cosumers

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energy is increasing as you go up

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energy is not changing as you go up

Question 12

If the plants in this diagram have 37,000 units of energy, how much do the grasshoppers have?

Accepted Answer

3,700

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37,000

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370

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37

Question 13

An ecosystem can be described as

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something that is made up of living and non-living things and their interactions

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the process in which plants convert light into energy

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organisms that eat only plants

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organisms that make their own food

Question 14

Humans have no effect on ecosystems.

Accepted Answer

<p>False</p>

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Question 15

What is an invasive species?

Accepted Answer

A species that is not from an area and causes damage

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A species that was born in a certain area

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A species that was brought to America by Mrs. Smyth

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A species that feeds on Asian Carp

Question 16

What would happen if one organism in an ecosystem became extinct?

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The ecosystem would change, but most of the animals and plants would survive.

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The ecosystem would be stronger and better overall

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The ecosystem would not change at all

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All of the organisms in the ecosystem would find a new place to live

Question 17

What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

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All living organisms would eventually die

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The number of herbivores would increase

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The number of plants would increase

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all organisms would adapt

Question 18

What part of the plant is #4?

Accepted Answer

root

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leaf

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flower

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stem

Question 19

If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?

Accepted Answer

Snake

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Grass

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Insect

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Snail

Question 20

What are the 3 main things that plants need to grow?

Accepted Answer

sunlight, air, water

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sunlight, water, soil

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sunlight, air, soil

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sunlight, soil, nutrients

Question 21

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

Accepted Answer

Consumer

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Autotroph

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Producer

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Mutualist

Question 22

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

Accepted Answer

Owl

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Grasshopper

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Lilypad

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Mouse

Question 23

Which level will contain plants?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

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B

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C

Question 24

Examples of how humans negatively affect local ecosystems are

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Building dams, deforestation (cutting down trees), adding point sources to nearby streams to allow for run-off, building roads and structures, and salting roads.

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Creating laws to prohibit fishing from local streams.

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Planting trees and other plants to attract native species.

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Removing non-native species from the environment.

Question 25

All members of one kind of organism that live in the same area

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population

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microorganism

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communit

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organism

Question 26

Which is an example of a food chain?

Accepted Answer

grass, rabbit, snake, owl

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rabbit, grass, snake, owl

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grass, fox, mouse, owl

Question 27

True or False?
A food chain is several food webs that overlap.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

5th Grade Unit 4 Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

27 questions

An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis is called...

Organisms that recycle nutrients and feed on dead/decaying plants and animals

How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?

Which organism in this food chain would have the most energy?

What is photosynthesis?

What is the source of all energy?

Which of the following is the best example of a decomposer?

Interconnected food chains are called

A food chain shows how _____ moves through an ecosystem

This diagram is an

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