TIMSS - BIO 5 - Ecosystems

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

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse
• mouse and rabbit
• rabbit and butterfly
• butterfly and frog

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

In order for plants to go through photosynthesis, they need -

• water and soil

• sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

• soil and oxygen

Plants release ____________ as a waste product.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen