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WorksheetsEcosystem Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which animal are you most likely to see in a forest?
a)
camel
b)
dolphin
c)
squirrel
d)
penguin
2.
Tall rainforest trees block sunlight from reaching the forest floor. Which adaptation would allow short plants to get more sunlight?
a)
burrow under the ground
b)
spread their seeds in the wind
c)
climb up high on other plants
3.
All life requires air, food and water. Which ecosystem will probably have the least amount of plant and animal life?
a)
forest
b)
desert
c)
ocean
d)
rain forest
4.
What is a habitat?
a)
only living things
b)
only non living things
c)
provides a population with all of its needs
d)
provides a population with some of its needs
5.
If a fire burned a PART of a forest, which of these would probably happen?
a)
all of the animals would die
b)
all of the plants and seeds would be destroyed
c)
a flood would bring new, rich soil
d)
the animals would move to a new ecosystem
6.
Which of these is an example of a population
a)
all lilypads in a pond
b)
lilypads, waterlillies, that live in a pond
c)
lilypads, dragonflies, waterlillies that live in a pond
d)
lilypads, waterlillies, frogs and dragonflies that live in a pond
7.
Why do very few plants grow in the desert?
a)
the soil is dry and it does not rain much there
b)
there is not enough animals
c)
there is too much rainfall
d)
the weather is too hot during the day and too cold at night
8.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
everything around a living thing
b)
the living and the nonliving things that interact in an environment
c)
only the living things that interact in an environment
d)
only the non-living things that interact in an environment
9.
How might a snowy ecosystem change if the temperature grew warmer?
a)
more animals would adapt to have white fur
b)
more plants could grow in the soil
c)
more fish would try to live on the land
10.
A forest that has mostly conifer trees and stays green all year . . .
a)
coastal forest
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
coniferous forest
d)
deciduous forest
11.
A forest where the trees lose their leaves is a. . .
a)
coastal forest
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
coniferous forest
d)
deciduous forest
12.
A group of the same kind of living things that all live in the same place at the same time.
a)
ecosystem
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
environment
13.
An ecosystem with very little rain.
a)
salt water
b)
forest
c)
freshwater
d)
desert
14.
Which is NOT a layer in the rain forest?
a)
canopy
b)
forest floor
c)
understory
d)
twilight
15.
How would an ecosystem change dramatically?
a)
A bird living in his nest
b)
a river flowing peacefully
c)
a shopping center being built
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