Ecosystem Test

How have animals adapted to living in the tropical rainforest?

• Most animals adapt to having very little water.

• Most animals come out only at night (nocturnal).

• Most animals are tree dwellers since it is so dense with plants.

• Most animals are camouflaged white to match their environment.

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Which is true about an estuary?

• It is a mixture of fresh and salt water.

• It is made up of all freshwater.

• It is a type of land biome with water surrounding it.

• It is only found in North America.

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Which is something that producers DO NOT do for the environment?

• They provide oxygen to the air.

• They provide food to herbivores and omnivores.

• They use photosynthesis to change the sun's energy into useable energy.

• They break down dead things into nutrients.

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Which of the following helps return nutrients to the soil?

• fungi

• seaweed

• lion

• fern

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What is one reason decomposers are important?

• They provide food to other herbivores.

• They provide abiotic things for the atmosphere.

• They provide nutrients for plants so they can grow.

• They change the sun's energy into useable energy.

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In the food web, what will happen if the frog population increases? (Take your time as you have 2 minutes to look at the picture.)

• The grasshoppers will increase.

• The snakes will decrease.

• The owls will increase.

• The grass will decrease.

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What are the producers in this food web? (Take your time as you have 2 minutes to look at the picture.)

• Mussels and algae

• Algae and phytoplankton

• Algae and limpets

• Limpets and phytoplankton

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What statement is true. (Take your time as you have 2 minutes to look at the picture.)

• If the fish increase, the zooplankton will also increase because there are more of them.

• If the seagulls decrease, the mussels will increase because seagulls eat mussels.

• If starfish decrease, the sharks will increase as they will just eat a ton more fish.

• If algae decreases, the limpets will increase since algae isn't eating them.

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Which biome has poor soil (non nutrient rich soil)?

• deciduous forest

• tundra

• grassland

• don't pick me

Plants use abiotic factors like water and sunlight to change energy called photosynthesis. This best explains what . . .?

• It explains why decomposers are not important.

• It explains why the only thing an ecosystem needs is plants.

• It explains why they are the first link in the food chain.

• It explains why food chains need at least 3 links to work.

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