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MS-LS2-3/Science Vocabulary and Questions Quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

The living things that make up your surroundings

b)

The non-living things that make up your surroundings

c)

The living and non-living things that make up your surroundings

2.

What gives you the energy to run a tiring, but awesome up-hill mile?

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Physical Energy

c)

Water

d)

SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR!!!!!

3.

Energy is never used up, it is simply ____________.

a)

lost as heat

b)

transferred

4.

Kinetic Energy is what?

a)

sound

b)

heat

c)

movement

5.

Thermal Energy is what?

a)

sound

b)

heat

c)

movement

6.

Sound Energy is what?

a)

sound

b)

heat

c)

movement

7.

Where does energy come from?

a)

The sun

b)

The plants

c)

The primary consumers

d)

The secondary consumers

8.

What is biomass?

a)

The amount of organisms by weight

b)

The amount of organisms in an ecosystem

9.

We know that 10% of the energy is passed on, but what happens to the other 90%?

a)

It is used in respiration

b)

It is lost as biomass

c)

It is lost as heat

d)

We decompose it

10.

Usually, how many trophic levels are there in an energy pyramid?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

11.

The producers are what level of an energy pyramid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

12.

What is the Tertiary consumers' level in an energy pyramid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

13.

Food Chains show what?

a)

They show the transfer of matter from one organism to the next

b)

They show the transfer of energy from one organism to the next

14.

What do the decomposers do when an animal dies?

a)

They pick it up and walk away to bury it

b)

They eat it

c)

They recycle nutrients and put them back into the soil

15.

What is a biosphere?

a)

A place in the world

b)

The earth's core

c)

Under the ocean

d)

The life-supporting area of the Earth's surface

16.

All cells are made up of what six elements?

a)

Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur

b)

Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Helium

c)

Gold, Magnesium, Carbon, Oxygen, Sulfur, Iron

17.

What three parts is the biosphere composed of?

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Aquatic

e)

Hydrosphere

18.

True or False?

(Select the ones that are TRUE!!)

a)

Matter can be reused and energy can't

b)

They are the same cycle

c)

Energy starts with the secondary consumers and matter starts with energy

d)

They both start with producers

19.

What is the Carbon Cycle?

a)

The Carbon Cycle is when the sun gives off its energy to the plants, when they make photosynthesis. When the plants are finished with this process, they release big amounts of carbon and oxygen into the animals that eat the plant. Then, animals’ respiration process, or breathing process happens. The animal releases the carbon back into the atmosphere, back to the plants, which start it all over again.

b)

The Carbon Cycle is when bacteria takes nitrogen from the atmosphere and draws it into the soil, so that plants can be able to use it. Plants then change the nitrogen into amino acids and or proteins. The animals get the nitrogen from the plant that they eat, or other animals that eat the plants. When animals die, microbes take apart the dead animal and release the nitrogen back into the soil.

20.

What is the Nitrogen Cycle?

a)

The Nitrogen Cycle is when the sun gives off its energy to the plants, when they make photosynthesis. When the plants are finished with this process, they release big amounts of carbon and oxygen into the animals that eat the plant. Then, animals’ respiration process, or breathing process happens. The animal releases the carbon back into the atmosphere, back to the plants, which start it all over again.

b)

The Nitrogen Cycle is when bacteria takes nitrogen from the atmosphere and draws it into the soil, so that plants can be able to use it. Plants then change the nitrogen into amino acids and or proteins. The animals get the nitrogen from the plant that they eat, or other animals that eat the plants. When animals die, microbes take apart the dead animal and release the nitrogen back into the soil.

21.

What is a food chain?

a)

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

b)

A series of webs and pages of different species all in one ecosystem.

22.

What is a food web?

a)

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

b)

A system of populations decreasing and increasing at the same time everyday of the year

23.

What is a Joule?

a)

The amount of energy consumed by something

b)

The SI unit of work or energy

24.

What is a Decomposer?

a)

An organism that eats all of the plants an fungi

b)

An organism that breaks down the dead body of an animal

25.

What does Population mean?

a)

All of the inhabitants of a particular ecosystem

b)

All of the animals in the world

26.

What does Trophic Level mean?

a)

Each several levels in an ecosystem charted in an energy pyramid

b)

Each several animals in an ecosystem in a food web

27.

What is an Energy Pyramid?

a)

A model that show how many of each species that there is in one ecosystem all over the world

b)

A graphic model of energy cycling through trophic levels in an ecosystem

28.

What does Biomass mean?

a)

The minimum mass of organisms

b)

The maximum mass of organisms

c)

The total mass of organisms

29.

What does Organic Compound mean?

a)

Any large class of chemical compounds

b)

A large class of elements joined together to form a chemical reaction

30.

What does Excretion mean?

a)

The process of respiration

b)

The process of eliminating waste matter

c)

The process of photosynthesis

d)

The process of chemical reactions

31.

What is Fossil Fuel?

a)

A natural fuel such as coal, or gas

b)

A natural animal, not genetically made

c)

Natural Resources

32.

BRAIN BREAK!!!!

You can see Autumn leaves from space!!

TRUE OR FALSE??

a)

True

b)

False

33.

BRAIN BREAK!!

Snow Leopards can roar!

TRUE OR FALSE???

a)

True

b)

False