WorksheetsEcosystems 5.L.2.1
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The group of all the populations in an area.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
ecosystem
2.
The role that an organism has in an ecosystem
a)
niche
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
community
3.
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
niche
d)
community
4.
The place in which an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
ecosystem
d)
niche
5.
All the living and nonliving things in an area
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
niche
6.
The air, water, temperature, soil, and sunlight in an ecosystem have no effect on organisms that live in the area.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Ecosystems are everywhere that living things are found.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
All the biomes make up the biosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A single biome may be made up of areas around the world that have the same climate and organisms.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Tropical rainforests have________ species than all other biomes.
a)
more
b)
fewer
11.
In a ___________, trees lose their leaves.
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
deciduous forest
12.
Grasslands receive little rain and have many types of _________
a)
trees
b)
grasses
13.
Most trees in the taiga have needles _________
a)
throughout the year
b)
only in the summer
14.
A desert is an area that receives ________ 25 centimeters of rain or snow each year.
a)
more than
b)
less than
15.
A limiting factor in the tundra is _______
a)
yearly flooding
b)
frozen soil
16.
A large root system near the surface is a special structure of some desert plants.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
A decrease in rainfall in a tropical rainforest might be a limiting factor for animals and plans living there.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A body of water that might flow slow or fast.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
19.
An area that is partly covered by water or flooded part of each year.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
20.
A deep body of water with organisms adapted to cold, darkness, and very high water pressure.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
21.
Warm, shallow waters with many organisms.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
22.
Plants cannot grow in the ________ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.
a)
coral reef
b)
deep sea
23.
Usually, plants and animals that live in the _______ do not also live in oceans.
a)
rivers
b)
coral reefs
24.
The plants, soils, and microorganisms of wetlands often ______ the water that flows through them.
a)
clean
b)
pollute
25.
An organism that may or may not be harmed in a relationship.
a)
parasite
b)
competition
c)
host
d)
symbiosis
26.
An organism that feeds off another organism and causes it harm.
a)
symbiosis
b)
host
c)
parasite
d)
competition
27.
Two sheep hitting their horns together.
a)
parasite
b)
competition
c)
host
d)
symbiosis
28.
Animals compete for resources, but plants do not compete.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Organisms that make their own food
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
energy pyramid
d)
producers
30.
Organisms that usually eat other organisms to get energy.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
energy pyramid
d)
body heat
31.
Organisms that eat waste or dead organisms.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
body heat
d)
producers
32.
A diagram that shows the amounts of energy that flow through each level of a food chain.
a)
decomposers
b)
energy pyramid
c)
body heat
d)
producers
33.
All _______ are consumers.
a)
Plants
b)
Animals
34.
Energy can flow through an ecosystem from a producer to a __________
a)
producer
b)
herbivore
35.
Energy __________ disappear.
a)
does
b)
does not
36.
The role of __________ is to recycle wastes and dead material.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
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