CKLA unit 11 Chapters 1-5 Mastery Check

Someone who studies ecology is an _______________.

• scientist

• ecologist

• conservationist

• biologist

An ecosystem is...

• like a habitat for living things

• everything in a particular environment, both living and nonliving

• where an organism lives

• where living things live and eat

The __________ in food provide energy for the body.

• nutrients

• energy

• vitamin C

• minerals

Animals that are too big to be hunted by anything else in their ecosystems are called what?

• predators

• defenders

• apex predators

• lions

By what process do plants make their own food?

• evaporation

• producersis

• chlorophyll

• photosynthesis

Every living thing can be sorted into one of these basic categories. Which is NOT one of these categories?

• decomposers

• breathers

• producers

• consumers

What are the most important decomposers?

• insects

• fungi

• bacteria

• worms

What animal likes to eat acacia leaves?

• wildebeests

• insects

• gazelles

• giraffes

Which are two forces that can erode land over time?

• lightning and storms

• earthquakes and floods

• wind and water

• hurricanes and drought

What does petrified mean?

• slowly changed to stone over time

• a tree that turns to stone when it stays wet for too long

• when a stone turns to wood over a long period of time

• when a tree is eroded by wind or water