WorksheetsScience Book Readings- Ecosystems
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we call the place where an animal lives?
a)
Home
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
2.
Consumers are living things that eat plants or other animals in order to get energy.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
All of the living parts of an ecosystem are _______ factors.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
c)
organism
d)
scarce
4.
To no longer exist is to be______.
a)
scarce
b)
over-abundant
c)
extinct
d)
exit
5.
Individuals of the same kind of organism living in an ecosystem.
a)
Individual
b)
Population
c)
Community
6.
The role of an organism in it's ecosystem
a)
habitat
b)
environment
c)
niche
d)
competition
7.
Different organisms living together in the same area:
a)
community
b)
population
c)
species
d)
ecosystem
8.
All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n):
a)
ecosystem
b)
house
c)
community
d)
mountain
9.
In an energy pyramid, which part of the food chain has the largest population?
a)
primary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
tertiary consumer
d)
producer
10.
A consumer?
a)
Makes its own food
b)
Eats dead plants and animals
c)
Eats plants and other animals for energy
d)
Buys toys for kids
11.
A decomposer?
a)
Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
b)
Eats plants or other animals for food
c)
Makes its own food
d)
Machine that gathers trash
12.
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
13.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
14.
Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.
a)
Predation
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
15.
A spider building a web is an example of ____________.
a)
Learned Behavior
b)
Niche
c)
Symbiosis
d)
Instinct
16.
What will most likely happen to a species of fish if all the female fish are caught?
a)
The male fish will move away.
b)
The male fish will build homes to raise their young.
c)
The species will not survive.
d)
The young fish will starve.
17.
The Florida panther is a large cat related to lions. Panthers eat deer, rodents, and farmers' livestock. Panthers once lived in Tennessee. Which of these most likely caused panthers to disappear from Tennessee?
a)
Panthers in Tennessee were unable to reproduce.
b)
People hunted panthers and destroyed their habitats.
c)
Natural predators killed and ate all the panthers in Tennessee.
d)
Panthers in Tennessee ran out of food.
18.
Which of the following species is extinct?
a)
woolly mammoth
b)
giant panda
c)
bald eagle
d)
green sea turtle
19.
Which of the following is NOT a reason a species may become extinct?
a)
competition
b)
reproducing
c)
habitat loss
d)
overhunting
20.
To
help them hide, some animals use_________________________________.
a)
a. Migration
b)
b. Hibernation
c)
c. Extinction
d)
d. Camouflage
21.
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
22.
Which
is LEAST LIKELY to push a species
toward extinction?
a)
a. Cutting down entire forest
b)
b. Putting animals in a zoo
c)
c. Polluting mountain streams
d)
d. Introducing new species to an ecosystem with no known natural predator
23.
True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Secondary Consumer
24.
If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?
a)
coyote
b)
insect
c)
lizard
d)
shrub
25.
In this Food Web Pyramid what is the proper name for the organisms above the producer level at the bottom.
a)
herbivores
b)
decomposer
c)
carnivores
d)
omnivores
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