Matter in the Ecosystem Unit 2 Inspire Science
5th Grade
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Matter in the Ecosystem Unit 2 Inspire Science
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MZ Smerz
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This quiz focuses on ecosystem interactions and the cycling of matter and energy, making it an ideal assessment for 5th grade life science. The questions systematically cover the fundamental roles organisms play in ecosystems, including producers, consumers, and decomposers, while also addressing the distinction between biotic and abiotic factors. Students need to understand that producers create their own food through photosynthesis using sunlight and carbon dioxide, consumers obtain energy by eating other organisms, and decomposers break down dead material to recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem. The quiz also requires knowledge of specialized vocabulary such as transpiration, niche, predator-prey relationships, and limiting factors, along with the ability to classify organisms and understand how human activities can impact ecosystems through invasive species introduction. Created by MZ Smerz, a Science teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool that can be implemented during instruction to gauge student understanding of ecosystem dynamics before moving to more complex ecological concepts. Teachers can use this as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or deploy it as a review session before summative assessments. The mix of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and open-response questions provides varied opportunities for students to demonstrate their mastery of key ecological principles. This assessment directly aligns with standards 5-LS2-1, which requires students to develop models describing the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment, emphasizing that matter cycles between organisms and their environment.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Energy and other materials from dead organisms are recycled back into the soil by _____.
producers
consumers
decomposers
nonrenewable resources
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_______________ make their own food using energy from the Sun. (CAPITAL LETTER AND SPELLING COUNT)
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How is a fungi, like mushrooms, different than a plant?
Evaluate responses using AI:
OFF
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Animals are __________.
producers
consumers
predators
prey
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices. ____________________ break down decaying material in an ecosystem.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The amount of water in an ecosystem can be a limiting factor on the number of organisms living in that ecosystem.
True
False
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Look at the picture of the hawk and the mouse. What word best describes the hawk?
herbivore
decomposer
predator
prey
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