Ecosystem Quiz

What is an ecosystem?

• A single organism living alone

• A community of organisms living among their nonliving surroundings

• A type of consumer that eats other organisms

• A process by which plants make food

Which term describes a nonliving factor that affects the organisms in an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factor

• Autotroph

• Abiotic Factor

• Producer

What does a producer do in an ecosystem?

• Breaks down dead material for fuel

• Eats other organisms for food

• Produces its own food using inorganic matter

• Transfers energy in an ecosystem

What is photosynthesis?

• A community of organisms

• The process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar for food

• A diagram that shows energy transfer

• A cycle of nutrients like carbon and oxygen

What is the purpose of a food web?

• To break down organic matter

• To provide a habitat for producers

• To show a single line of energy transfer

• To supply energy to multiple levels of organisms

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Lion

• Oak Tree

• Mushroom

• Grasshopper

The place where the two kinds of water mix is called an _________________.

• estuary
• environment
• ecology
• elevation

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.7.5

What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

What do we call the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community?

• Food chain

• Food web

• Food circle

• Food square