Unit 1 Science Practice Test

What stage of the water cycle is when water forms into raindrops, sleet, hail, or snow?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Hydrosphere

What's the name of the process where plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugars and starches called carbohydrates?

• The Plant Cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Synthesis

• Evolution

What living thing can make its own source of food energy?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Herbivore

• Decomposers

All the water on Earth and in our atmosphere makes up the...

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

What type of organism eats only meat?

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

What is the name of the process when water is cycled over and over through the hydrosphere?

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Food Cycle

• Plant Cycle

How do decomposers get their energy?

• Eating producers

• Eating consumers

• Feeding on decaying organisms and waste

• Through photosynthesis

These show the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

• Food diagrams

• Food charts

• Food chains

• It's not this answer

Name the three types of consumers.

• Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores

• Producers, Decomposers, and Scavengers

• First Level consumer, Second Level consumer, and Producers

• Predators, prey, and carnivores

What type of organism eats meat and plants?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

• Omnivore