6th Grade Ecosystems Final Review

Most food chains observed in nature begin with which type of organism?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• decomposer
• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following terms best describes all the white-tailed deer in a particular forest?

• Community
• Ecosystem
• Individual
• Population

Which answer choice correctly identifies only abiotic factors in this picture?

• Air, Grass
• Birds, Water
• Grass, Boat
• Water, Air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Scorpions stalk, kill, and eat a spider. Which 3 ecological terms best describes the scorpion?

• Predator, Carnivore, and Consumer
• Predator, Herbivore, and Autotroph
• Producer, Herbivore, and Decomposer
• Producer, Carnivore, and Heterotroph

What type of organism obtains energy from ingesting other organisms?

• Photoautotroph
• Chemoautotroph
• Producer
• Consumer

Which is a large area with a specific climate, annual precipitation, and a type of vegetation?

• biosphere
• biome
• community
• population

What ecological term describes "all the populations in a given area"?

• biome
• population
• community
• biosphere

Which level of organization is represented by the student’s observations written below ?

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Organism
• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

In which shaded section do rocks belong on the above diagram?

• herbivores
• first level carnivores
• air, water, sunlight
• decomposers

Which term best describes the entire portion of the earth in which living things are found?

• biosphere
• biome
• community
• population