WorksheetsEcosystems 1
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment.
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
2.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
3.
________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
4.
Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
5.
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
6.
If the population of prey increases, the population of predators will ________because of the availability of food.
a)
decrease
b)
stay the same
c)
increase
7.
What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?
a)
The number of herbivores would increase
b)
The number of plants would increase
c)
all organisms would adapt
d)
All living organisms would eventually die
8.
How does energy enter an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
soil
c)
animals
d)
invasive species
9.
A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
healthy
10.
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
11.
All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
12.
An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.
a)
Living and nonliving
b)
Alive and dead
c)
Plants and animals
d)
Land and water
13.
Communities are made up of living things only. Which one of these is a community?
a)
Trees, birds, dirt, worms
b)
Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies
c)
Whales, water, seashells, fish
d)
Sand, camels, mountains, coyotes
14.
Populations contain more than one member of the species. Which one of these is a population?
a)
Deer and mice
b)
10 squirrels
c)
squirrel
d)
squirrel, deer, and mice
15.
What does the word organism mean?
a)
Living thing
b)
Nonliving thing
c)
Organs in your body
d)
Organ player
16.
What is the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Organism
d)
Population
17.
Any characteristic that helps an organism survive in its ecosystem is an ____________.
a)
Niche
b)
Habitat
c)
Adaptation
d)
Organism
18.
An adaptation a walrus has is:
a)
It has long tusks to pull itself up on ice
b)
It eats fish
c)
It likes to sleep and be awake
d)
It lives in the tundra
19.
An adaptation a desert tortoise has is:
a)
Long, fin-like legs to move easily in water
b)
Short, stumpy legs with claws to walk easily across sand
20.
What 4 things does an organism need to survive?
a)
Food, water, shelter, space
b)
Food, friends, shelter, space
c)
Water, shelter, prey, predators
d)
Shelter, food, water, humans
21.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
d)
an animal that eats only herbs
22.
What is a consumer?
a)
someone who shops at the grocery store
b)
where people live and interact with one another
c)
cannot make its own food so it eats plants or animals
d)
creates its own food
23.
They make their own food! They use the sun as an energy source.
a)
Consumer
b)
Community
c)
Humans
d)
Producer
24.
What is an omnivore?
a)
an animal that eats only plants
b)
a bird that does not fly
c)
an animal that eats both plants and meat
d)
a place where people gather
25.
What is a system of living things that interact with each other and the environment?
a)
Ecosytem
b)
System
c)
Earth
d)
Food Web
26.
What is an example of a decomposer?
a)
Tree
b)
Dog
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Bacteria
27.
Which of the following is a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
tree
c)
antelope
d)
bear
28.
An organism that eats only plants is called---
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
29.
An organism that eats both plants and animals is called---
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
30.
An organism that eats only meat is called a---
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
31.
All of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other is called---
a)
population
b)
community
c)
species
d)
biome
32.
An organism that gets its energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms is called---
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
parasite
33.
An organism that eats other organisms to get its energy is called---
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
parasite
34.
An organism that can make its own food is called---
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
parasite
35.
An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism is called---
a)
producer
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
parasite
36.
Which is a non-living part of an ecosystem?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
All of these
37.
All ecosystems begin with the
__________.
__________.
a)
animals
b)
renewable resource
c)
plants
d)
sun
38.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
39.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
40.
A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of __________.
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
warning coloration
d)
protective resemblance
41.
A rabbit blends in with its environment is called
a)
camouflage
b)
counter shading
c)
mimicry
42.
Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold?
a)
a. They store twigs and sticks in their nest
b)
b. They migrate to a warmer climate
c)
c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter
d)
d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather
43.
This is an image of a
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Ominvore
44.
Adaptation:
a)
a wide variety of organisms
b)
a change in order to fit a new situation or use
c)
process by which seeds swell up and begin to sprout and develop roots
d)
having to do with land or the earth
45.
Which of the following is NOT a consumer
a)
grass
b)
dog
c)
shark
d)
fish
46.
An organism's role in its ecosystem is its
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
niche
d)
community
47.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
48.
Which of the following best describes the wolf's role in this ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
49.
What the non-living factor that is the most important to an ecosystem to work?
a)
Water
b)
The sun's energy
c)
Plants
d)
animals
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