WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
decomposer
b)
consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
producer
2.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
3.
How does energy enter an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
soil
c)
animals
d)
invasive species
4.
All food chains_____________________
a)
have more consumers than producers
b)
produce and use same amount of energy
c)
begin with a producer
d)
are unhealthy
5.
A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
healthy
6.
How do consumers get their energy?
a)
laying in the sun
b)
eating other organisms
c)
providing food for other organisms
d)
surviving in an ecosystem
7.
Which describes a decomposer?
a)
an organism that eats only plants
b)
an organism that makes its own food
c)
an organism that breaks down dead matter
d)
an organism that recieves energy from the sun
8.
Field mice eat corn. Which would most likely happen if the field mouse population grew?
a)
There would be more corn to feed the field mice.
b)
There would be less corn due to the mice eating it.
c)
The habitat would get overpopulated because the mice woudl eat too much.
9.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
10.
Which is the best description of an ecosystem?
a)
all of the living and nonliving things in an area
b)
all of the individuals of one species in an are
c)
all of the populations of living things in an area
d)
all of the abiotic factors in an area
11.
Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
12.
________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
13.
This organism is multicellular, autotroph, that has a cell wall made of cellulose.
a)
animalia
b)
plantae
c)
fungi
d)
eubacteria
14.
A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment.
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
15.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
16.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
17.
An animal that is hunted for food.
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
consumer
d)
decomposer
18.
An organism that cannot make its own food
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
tree
d)
leaf
19.
Which of the following does an Animal Cell NOT contain?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
cell membrane
c)
cell wall
d)
vacuole
20.
Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?
a)
Biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
dead
d)
living
21.
An organism that makes its own food for energy
a)
consumer
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
producer
22.
Which is a non-living part of an ecosystem?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
All of these
23.
All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n):
a)
ecosystem
b)
house
c)
community
d)
mountain
24.
A group of the same kind of living thing that all live in the same place at the same time.
a)
ecosystem
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
environment
25.
A ______________ eats mainly other animals.
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
26.
A ____________ breaks down waste or dead organisms and recycles nutrients.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
omnivore
27.
A(n) ________________ eats mainly plants.
a)
producer
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
28.
What is an example of a biotic factor?
a)
skunk
b)
rocks
c)
soil
d)
water
29.
An example of an unicellular organism would be:
a)
monkey
b)
bacteria
c)
spider
d)
human
30.
An animal that hunts for its food
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
31.
What is the role of a tree in a food chain?
a)
It breaks down wastes and dead organisms
b)
It uses the sun's energy to make food.
c)
It eats other organisms.
d)
It cannot make its own food.
32.
This drawing shows a forest ecosystem. Which of the animals is an herbivore?
a)
fox
b)
frog
c)
deer
d)
ducks
33.
"Bio" means _________.
a)
non-living
b)
not/without
c)
life
d)
dead
34.
What connects many
food chains?
food chains?
a)
non-renewable resouce
b)
food web
c)
primary consumer
d)
renewable resource
35.
All ecosystems begin with the
__________.
__________.
a)
animals
b)
renewable resource
c)
plants
d)
sun
36.
A rabbit blends in with its environment is called
a)
camouflage
b)
counter shading
c)
mimicry
37.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
38.
A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a
a)
population
b)
biotic factor
c)
abiotic factor
d)
community
39.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
40.
Which organisms are closely related?
a)
American badger and leopard
b)
coyote and gray wolf
c)
european otter and leopard
d)
coyote and american badger
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