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Organisms & Environment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is carbon dioxide important for plants?

a)

Carbon dioxide gives plants their green color.

b)

Plants can release carbon dioxide into the air.

c)

Plants use carbon dioxide to make their own food.

d)

Carbon dioxide lets plants absorb their roots.

2.

What is the first element of the food web?

a)

Eagle

b)

Sun

c)

Water

d)

Wolf

3.

Every ecosystem supplies the basic needs for the organisms that live there. What are the basic needs of all organisms?

a)

Air, water, food, habitat

b)

Food, water, habitat, space

c)

Air, water, food, protection

d)

Food, attention, change, water

4.

During which stage of complete metamorphosis does an insect change itself completely from a larva to an adult?

a)

Egg stage

b)

Larva stage

c)

Nymph stage

d)

Pupa stage

5.

Which organism in a food web is a producer?

a)

Aphid

b)

Beetle

c)

Rosebush

d)

Spider

6.

Ecosystem change for many different reasons. Which of the following is a natural cause of changes in an ecosystem?

a)

Farming

b)

Housebuilding

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Pollution

7.

Saguro Cacti live in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico. Gila woodpeckers build their nests inside saguro cacti. The saguro cacti and the gila woodpeckers are both part of the same:

a)

atmosphere

b)

ecosystem

c)

food web

d)

species

8.

Which organisms release oxygen into the air as part of the carbon dioxide - oxygen cycle?

a)

Consumers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Predators

d)

Producers

9.

Plants in a food web are:

a)

consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

suppliers

10.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Every organism in an ecosystem eats plants to get energy.

b)

Predators in an ecosystem get their energy directly from plants.

c)

All organisms in an ecosystem get their energy from both living and non-living things.

d)

Every animal in an ecosystem gets its energy from another organism in the ecosystem.

11.

The purpose of a food chain is to show:

a)

the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

b)

the number of organism in an ecosystem.

c)

how animals compete for food in an ecosystem.

d)

the organism living near each other in an ecosystem.

12.

Living things that make their own food using air, light, soil and water are called:

a)

changers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

producers

13.

People can affect environment in both good and bad ways. Which is one way that people can affect the environment in a good way?

a)

Watering their lawns every day.

b)

Reducing the amount of driving they do.

c)

Sorting their trash before throwing it out.

d)

Watching television specials about nature.

14.

A porcupine is covered with a coat of sharp spines called quills. Quills help the porcupine survive in its environment by:

a)

helping it locate sources of food.

b)

keeping it warm in cold weather.

c)

defending the porcupine from enemies.

d)

making it easier for the porcupine to climb trees.

15.

The plants process of making food and releasing oxygen into the air is called:

a)

energy release

b)

photosynthesis

c)

the carbon cycle

d)

the oxygen cycle

16.

The falcon has a sharp, hooked beak. It also has sharp, curved claws called talons. The falcon's beak and talons are most likely adaptations for:

a)

hiding

b)

hunting

c)

protection

d)

swimming

17.

Insects go through stages to grow and change form. This process is called:

a)

adaptation

b)

cycle

c)

development

d)

metamorphosis

18.

If the mouse population disappeared from the ecosystem, the fox would most likely:

a)

hunt owls and birds

b)

eat grasses and grains

c)

disappear from the food web

d)

eat more rabbits and squirrels

19.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Plants are the source of all energy in an ecosystem.

b)

The removal of one organism would not affect an ecosystem.

c)

All of the organisms within an ecosystem are important to its survival.

d)

An increase in an organism's population would not affect an ecosystem.

20.

Some insects hatch directly from eggs during incomplete metamorphosis. These young insects are called:

a)

adults

b)

larva

c)

nymphs

d)

pupa