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Worksheets5th grade Ecosystems
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All members of one kind of organism that live in the same area
a)
population
b)
microorganism
c)
communit
d)
organism
2.
All the living parts of an ecosystem
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
cell
d)
atom
3.
All of the non-living parts of an ecosystem
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
c)
population
d)
community
4.
Is sunlight a biotic or abiotic factor?
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
5.
A group of different populations of organisms
a)
population
b)
organism
c)
community
d)
habitat
6.
Land-based ecosystem including forests and grasslands
a)
terrestrial
b)
abiotic
c)
biotic
d)
aquatic
7.
Have many trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and a variety of animals
a)
forest
b)
grassland
c)
ocean
d)
lake
8.
Have fertile soil and are covered with tall grasses
a)
forest
b)
grasslands
c)
lakes
d)
oceans
9.
Body of fresh water completely surrounded by land
a)
lake
b)
river
c)
ocean
d)
island
10.
Large body of saltwater divided by continents
a)
ocean
b)
lake
c)
stream
d)
estuary
11.
Found where freshwater rivers meet oceans
a)
estuaries
b)
lake
c)
pond
d)
inlet
12.
This ecosystem does not contain saltwater?
a)
ocean
b)
estuary
c)
river
13.
Organisms that use light energy to produce food
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
herbivore
14.
Organisms that cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
plants
d)
microorganisms
15.
Animals that eat only plants
a)
herbivores
b)
omivores
c)
carnivores
d)
insectivores
16.
Animals that eat only meat
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
predators
17.
Animals that eat both plants and animals
a)
insectivores
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivores
d)
herbivores
18.
Consumers that get the energy they need by breaking down dead or decaying matter
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
predators
d)
herbivores
19.
A series of plants and animals in which each organism is a source of food for the next in the series
a)
food web
b)
food chain
c)
food circle
d)
predator
20.
Interconnected food chains
a)
food web
b)
community
c)
predator
d)
ecosystem
21.
Animals that hunt and kill other animals for food
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
parasite
d)
host
22.
Animals that are hunted and killed as food for other animals
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
host
d)
parasite
23.
An organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on a living host
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
host
d)
parasite
24.
Organisms or cells that serve as a home or source of food for a parasite
a)
parasite
b)
host
c)
decomposer
d)
prey
25.
The relationship between numbers of organisms and the resources available in an ecosystem
a)
balance of nature
b)
limiting factor
c)
ecosystem
d)
pollution
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