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Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

In a meadow ecosystem, a population of rabbits increases. What populations are most likely to increase as a result?

a)

foxes, hawks, and other predators of the rabbits

b)

leafy plants that rabbits eat

c)

rabbits that live elsewhere

d)

worms that live in the meadow soil

2.

Without decomposers, what would build up on the ground and not return to the soil?

a)

large rocks

b)

rain water

c)

bacteria and other microorganisms

d)

dead plant and animal matter

3.

In any community, which group includes the largest number of animals?

a)

herbivores

b)

prey

c)

predators

d)

consumers

4.

All the living and nonliving things in an area make up a/an

a)

community.

b)

ecosystem.

c)

population.

d)

environment.

5.

An organism that makes its own food is a/an

a)

producer.

b)

consumer.

c)

predator.

d)

prey.

6.

An _____ is everything that surrounds and affects a living thing.

a)

ecosystem

b)

environment

c)

population

d)

community

7.

All the living things in an ecosystem make up a ________.

a)

ecosystem

b)

environment

c)

population

d)

community

8.

A ________ is all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community.

a)

ecosystem

b)

environment

c)

population

d)

community

9.

Two or more overlapping food chains form a/an

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

community

d)

population

10.

To avoid being eaten, a rabbit will run away from

a)

carnivores.

b)

scavengers.

c)

herbivores.

d)

producers.

11.

Without the Sun, which of Earth's organisms could no longer survive?

a)

producers only

b)

producers and consumers

c)

scavengers only

d)

nearly all organisms

12.

What is the best choice for studying decomposers at work?

a)

a rotting log on the forest floor

b)

a live, healthy tree

c)

a robin that builds a nest in a tree

d)

cut wood at a lumber yard

13.

How many organisms make up a typical food chain?

a)

1 or 2

b)

3 to 6

c)

10 to 50

d)

more than 50

14.

Which of the following would be at the end of a food chain?

a)

grass

b)

fungi

c)

sheep

d)

coyote

15.

In a diagram of a food web, the arrows show the flow of

a)

soil

b)

sunlight

c)

oxygen

d)

energy