Ecosystem Quiz Study Guide

1. Which of the following depends on the other for shelter in order to survive?

• Cat - dog

• Wolf – rabbit

• Squirrel-tree

• . Rabbit – carrot

2. What is an ecosystem?

• The place an animal lives

• The role that plants and animals have

• The climate and other non living things in a certain area

• The relationship of living and non-living things

3. Which show a path of food energy?

• Sun->fish->plant->bear

• Bear->fish->plant->sun

• Sun->plant->fish->bear

• . Plant->fish->bear->sun

4. Which do decomposers provide for plants?

• Nutrients

• Protection

• Shade

• Shelter

5. A non-living part of an ecosystem might be

• Antlers on a deer

• Shade on a person

• A dead leaf

• A nut on a tree

6. If the sun were completely blocked so that it no longer provided energy to the plants in a lake, what would happened to the remaining life in the lake?

• Only the animals that eat the plants would die

• Only the plants would dies

• All of the organisms in the lake would die

• All of the carnivores would die

8. What is a nonliving thing in freshwater ecosystems?

• Fish

• Frogs

• Dead Plants

• Water

9. Which of the following describes consumers?

• Organisms which are able to make sugars for energy

• Organisms that must eat other animals for energy

• Organisms that must eat other plant or animals for energy

• Organisms that break down dead bodies and waste

10.Bacteria, fungi and earthworms are all?

• Scavengers

• . Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

Which of these is an example of camouflage?

• A co A moth that looks and acts like a hummingbird

• A bear that sleeps in a cave all winter long

• A colorful fish that lives in brightly colored coral

• An elephant that uses its large ears to fan itself