Exploring Ecosystems and Food Chains

What is a habitat?

• A place where animals and plants live

• A type of food

• A kind of weather

• A type of energy

Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem?

• A forest

• A pencil

• A car

• A book

What do plants need to make their own food?

• Sunlight

• Rocks

• Plastic

• Metal

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Which animal is a producer in a food chain?

• Grass

• Lion

• Eagle

• Snake

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Which of these is an adaptation that helps fish live in water?

• Fins

• Wings

• Fur

• Claws

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If a forest is cut down, what might happen to the animals that live there?

• They may lose their homes

• They will get more food

• They will become plants

• They will turn into rocks

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Which of the following best describes a food web?

• Many food chains connected together

• Only one animal eating another

• A place where animals sleep

• A type of plant

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Why do animals in the desert have light-colored fur?

• To stay cool in the hot sun

• To find more food

• To swim better

• To climb trees

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Imagine a pond ecosystem. If all the frogs disappeared, what could happen to the insects they eat?

• The number of insects might increase

• The insects would disappear too

• The pond would dry up

• The fish would stop swimming

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A food chain shows: grass → rabbit → fox. If the grass dies because of pollution, what might happen to the rabbit and fox?

• Both may have less food and could decrease in number

• The rabbit will eat the fox

• The fox will eat grass

• Nothing will change

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