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Worksheetsecosystems
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 31mins
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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 organism make their own food using sunlight?
a)
decomposer
b)
consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
producer
6.
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 would eat too much.
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.
What are interconnected food chains called?
a)
consumers
b)
predators
c)
food web
9.
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
10.
How does energy enter an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
soil
c)
animals
d)
invasive species
11.
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
12.
All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
13.
Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic factors
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystems
14.
Nonliving things found in an ecosystem.
a)
factories
b)
factor trees
c)
biotic factors
d)
abiotic factors
15.
A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.
a)
threatened species
b)
populations
c)
community
d)
limiting factor
16.
All of the populations that live in one area together
a)
limiting factors
b)
populations
c)
community
d)
speed limit
17.
Which statement is correct?
a)
A population is the same as a community
b)
A community is a group of populations
c)
A community is a part of a population
d)
A population is a group of communities
18.
Decomposers get their food by __________.
a)
making it themselves
b)
eating live organisms
c)
using dead organisms
d)
eating themselves
19.
In an ecosystem, producers and consumers are both __________.
a)
biotic factors
b)
very nice
c)
cranky
d)
abiotic factors
20.
The place where an organism lives is its _________.
a)
habitat
b)
abiotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
community
21.
All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.
a)
biography
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
biology
22.
Energy flow for an ecosystem starts with...
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Neither
23.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
24.
A(n) ________________ eats mainly plants.
a)
producer
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
25.
An animal that hunts for its food
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
26.
An animal that is hunted for food.
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
consumer
d)
decomposer
27.
Shows how energy flows from one organism to another.
a)
food cycle
b)
prey chain
c)
food chain
d)
predator cycle
28.
This drawing shows a forest ecosystem. Which of the animals is an herbivore?
a)
fox
b)
frog
c)
deer
d)
ducks
29.
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
30.
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
tropical rainforest
d)
pine forest
31.
One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as
a)
glaciation
b)
permafrost
c)
crystallization
d)
soilfrost
32.
Which type of trees is found in a temperate forest?
a)
deciduous
b)
evergreen
c)
ginko
d)
palm
33.
This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen. The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy. The soil is very rich. Moose and elk live here. This biome is classified as a
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
temperate forest
34.
Which biome is represented by the rainfall amounts in letter C?
a)
desert
b)
prairie
c)
deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
35.
A ________ is a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees
a)
desert
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
36.
In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve water to survive?
a)
Rainforest
b)
Taiga
c)
Desert
d)
Temperate Forest
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