Quiz about Grade 5 Wetlands Unit test

Question 1

An ecosystem has :

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living and nonliving things

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living things

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nonliving things

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nothing

Question 2

A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an

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abiotic factor

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animal

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biotic factor

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organism

Question 3

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

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biotic

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abiotic

Question 4

Which of the following is not a biotic factor?

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air

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mushroom

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elephant

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coyote

Question 5

What are plants called in a food chain?

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Producers

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Consumers

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Decomposers

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Scavengers

Question 6

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

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Sun

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Plant

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Deer

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Wolf

Question 7

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

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Herbivores

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Omnivores

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Carnivores

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Scavengers

Question 8

Which of these is a decomposer?

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Fungi

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Hawk

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Dog

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Grass

Question 9

How do adaptations help animals?

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All of these are correct

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To escape animals

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to hunt for food

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to survive in their habitats

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What is an adaptation?

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A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.

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The food that an animal eats.

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How energy moves in a food web.

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An ecosystem

Question 11

Wetlands are found?

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All over Canada

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In the ocean

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Antarctica

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The desert

Question 12

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

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food web

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ecosystem

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environment

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population

Question 13

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

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Snake

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Grass

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Insect

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Snail

Question 14

In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?

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The grasshoppers will increase.

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The snakes will increase.

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The grasshoppers will decrease.

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The eagles will remain the same.

Question 15

Wetlands are important because...

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all of these choices

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they help filter water of toxins and excess nutrients

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they support many species

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they protect areas from floods

Question 16

A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:

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Wetland

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Lake

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River

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Dessert

Question 17

Four kinds of wetlands are: Marshes, swamps, fens and _____________.

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bogs

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lakes

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rivers

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oceans

Question 18

What organism is hunted by another organism for energy (food)?

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prey

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photosynthesis

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predator

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leaves

Question 19

Which type of organism can't make it's own food and must get energy from another LIVING organism?

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comsumer

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decomposer

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producer

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glucose

Question 20

Which type of consumer eats dead animals for energy?

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scavenger

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herbivore

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carnivore

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omnivore

Question 21

Where do decomposers get there energy?

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from waste and dead organisms

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eating living things

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from the sun and water

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the air

Question 22

Which type of wetland is best described as, "The plants growing here are grasses, reeds, sedges, and some shrubs."

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marsh

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bogs

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fens

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swamps

Question 23

A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.

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habitat

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shelter

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tree

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organism

Question 24

Which answer best defines photosynthesis?

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the process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food

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the movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the air

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Tiny holes in the leaves of a plant that allow gases to enter or leave the plant

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a gas in the atmosphere that plants use to make food

Question 25

The correct name of each zone is

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A: emergent zone

B: floating zone

C: submergent zone

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A: submergent zone

B: floating zone

C: mergent zone

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A: emergent zone

B: floating zone

C: submarine zone

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A: emergent zone

B: flower zone

C: submergent zone

Question 26

What effect would building a highway have on an ecosystem?

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increase in carbon dioxide

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increase in butterfly migration

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decrease in destruction of habitat

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increase in oxygen

Question 27

An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

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Omnivores

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Carnivores

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Herbivores

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Humans

Question 28

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

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ecosystem

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community

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house

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population

Question 29

_____ is any harmful material in the environment.

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pollution

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global warming

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conservation

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recycling

Question 30

When people throw trash out of their car, they are causing this type of pollution:

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land

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air

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water

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fire

Question 31

When pollution in the air and land run into ponds, lakes, oceans and rivers, it causes this type of pollution:

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water

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land

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air

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fire

Question 32

What is one way people help the environment?

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picking up litter

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building new cities

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tearing down a forest

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placing harmful chemicals in streams

Question 33

Which of the following ecosystems helps prevent flooding and erosion of soil?

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Wetlands

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Grasslands

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Oceans

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Arctic

Question 34

Which of the following ecosystems has temperature that stays the SAME top to bottom?

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Ponds and Lakes

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Grasslands

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Forests

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Arctic

Question 35

True or False - An amphibian spends the first part of its life cycle in water, and the second part mostly on land.

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True

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False

Question 36

Where do amphibians lay their eggs?

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water

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land

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trees

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road

Question 37

A young frog is called a ________.

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tadpole

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adult frog

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squid

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squiggle

Question 38

__________ is an organism that only eats meat for energy.

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Borivore

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Herbivore

Question 39

What is a simple definition of a wetland?

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low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year

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low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet all the  time every year

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high lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year

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low lying lands with moist soil that are wet all the  time every year

Grade 5 Wetlands Unit test

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