SECOND QUARTER: Summative Test 3 in SCIENCE 5

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• Soil

• wind

• grass

• temperature

Which of the following best describes an estuary?

• Land area that drains water into lake

• Underground system that provides drinking water

• A large body of water that covers most of the Earth’s surface

• Area where a river meets the ocean

What do you call the area that is covered with water during high tide and exposed to at low tide?

• Maritime Zone

• Plankton Zone

• Estuary

• Intertidal Zone

Which of the following is the main source of food in an ecosystem?

• First order consumer

• Producers

• Secondary Consumers

• decomposers

How can we protect estuaries and intertidal zones?

• Gather animals on the shoreline

• Dispose our garbage properly

• use motorized boats in the sensitive habitat

• throw your wastes out to the water

How can you conserve estuaries and intertidal zones at home?

• Use synthetic fertilizer

• Excessive use of pesticides

• avoid using chemical-based household products

• dispose wastes everywhere

What do you call the water that can be found in estuaries?

• Fresh water

• seawater

• brackish water

• none of the above

What is the main source of energy in an ecosystem?

• producers

• sun

• consumers

• decomposers

What organisms only eat plants?

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

Which of the following helps protect and conserve estuaries and intertidal zones?

• Clean the beach before leaving

• Take animals home for collection

• play with animals in the shoreline

• step on the habitat of animals