Science Chapter 5

All the populations living in the same place form a(n) ______.

• community

• ecosystem

• resource

• habitat

A living thing that breaks down waste and dead plant and animal matter is called a _____.

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Which of the following is an example of an herbivore?

• coyote

• golden eagle

• grasshopper

• snake

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• the sun

• a grasshopper

• a mushroom

• a bear

What do sunlight, soil, air, and water all have in common?

• they are nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• they are a community

• they are living parts of an ecosystem

• they are part of a population

Which statement is true about how changes in the environment affect the living things in an ecosystem?

• Changes harm all living things.

• Changes benefit all living things.

• Changes harm some living things and benefit others.

• Changes are not harmful.

Some trees shed their leaves before winter. What is this an example of?

• an adaptation

• a competition

• an ecosystem

• a population

Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living part of an ecosystem and a nonliving part?

• bird nesting in a tree

• snake eating an insect

• frog hiding under a lily pad

• fish finding shelter in water

In a forest ecosystem food web, grass and trees are producers, mice and rabbits are herbivores, and owls are omnivores.

Suppose a large part of a forest is cleared to build houses.

How might this affect the living things in this food web?

Sometimes plants are brought from one place to another by people.

One example is golden bamboo. It was brought to the United States from China and grows very quickly.

How might golden bamboo harm an ecosystem?