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Ecosystems

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All the living and nonliving things that surround you is called the ________.

a)

population

b)

environment

c)

niche

d)

community

2.

A group made up of the same kind of individuals in the same ecosystem is a _________.

a)

individual

b)

population

c)

community

d)

habitat

3.

All the populations that live in the same place is called a _________.

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

population

d)

community

4.

Check all the items listed that are biotic factors.

a)

plants

b)

rocks

c)

sun

d)

animals

5.

What does the word part "bio" mean?

a)

ground

b)

earth

c)

life

d)

friendly

6.

The nonliving parts of an ecosystems can be called______.

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

friendly factors

d)

community factors

7.

Choose all the abiotic factors.

a)

climate

b)

animals

c)

plants

d)

sunlight

e)

water

8.

The number of different things living in an area is called _____________.

a)

population

b)

environment

c)

diversity

d)

canopy

9.

The levels of the rainforest include___________.

a)

canopy

b)

understory

c)

forest floor

d)

underground

e)

air

10.

Any living thing that can make its own food is called a ________.

a)

niche

b)

consumer

c)

wizard

d)

producer

11.

An animal that eats plants and other animals is a _____________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

population

d)

individual

12.

A living thing that lives on wases and the remains of dead plants and animals is a _______.

a)

producer

b)

omnivore

c)

consumer

d)

decomposer

13.

Sow bugs, millipedes and bracket fungus are called ______.

a)

decomposers

b)

producers

c)

carnivores

d)

none of the above

14.

A black bear, a Florida panther, and a white tailed deer are all_______.

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

herbivore

15.

An animal that eats only plants is a _______.

a)

producer

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

16.

An animal that eats only meat is a ________.

a)

producer

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

17.

An animal that eats both plants and animals is a _________.

a)

producer

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

18.

An environment that meets the needs of a living thing is a ______.

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

population

d)

environment

19.

The term __________ describes how a living thing interacts with its environment.

a)

habitat

b)

environment

c)

decomposer

d)

environment

e)

niche

20.

Consumers that are eaten are called _________.

a)

predators

b)

prey

c)

niche

d)

sad

21.

The movement of food energy in a sequence of living things is called a _________.

a)

water cycle

b)

food cycle

c)

food chain

d)

hunger circle

22.

A consumer that eats prey is a _________.

a)

prey

b)

herbivore

c)

population

d)

predator

23.

A consumer that eats prey is a _________.

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

niche

24.

When several food chains overlap, it is called ________.

a)

an environment

b)

a niche

c)

a food web

d)

a cycle

25.

Something that shows how much energy is passed from one living thing to another along the food chain is called a ________.

a)

food chain

b)

food triangle

c)

energy

d)

energy pyramid