Ecosystem Quiz

What is an ecosystem?

• A place where only plants live

• A place with only nonliving things

• An area where living and nonliving things interact

• A place with only animals

What are abiotic conditions?

• Living parts of an ecosystem

• Nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Only water and air

• Only plants and animals

What does a food web track?

• The weather patterns

• Which organisms eat which other organisms

• The growth of plants

• The migration of animals

What are producers?

• Organisms that eat plants

• Organisms that get energy from the sun

• Organisms that eat other animals

• Organisms that live in water

Who are the primary consumers?

• Organisms that eat other animals

• The first organisms that eat plants

• Organisms that produce energy

• Organisms that decompose matter

What can primary consumers be?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores or Omnivores

• Decomposers

• Producers

What is an apex predator?

• An organism that is not eaten by any other organism

• An organism that only eats plants

• An organism that decomposes matter

• An organism that produces energy

What is competition in an ecosystem?

• When organisms share resources

• When two organisms compete for the same resources

• When organisms help each other

• When organisms migrate

What is predation?

• When a predator consumes a prey

• When organisms share resources

• When plants grow

• When animals migrate

What is commensalism?

• A relationship where both organisms benefit

• A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

• A relationship where neither organism benefits