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Ecosystems Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

2.

An organism that can make its own food

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

3.

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

4.

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

predator

5.

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

decomposer

6.

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

7.

NON-living things found in an ecosystem

a)

biotic

b)

abiotc

c)

habitat

8.

Where does the food chain START?

a)

with consumers that eat grass

b)

with the sun giving energy to producers

c)

with the sun giving energy to consumers

d)

with consumers eating other consumers

9.

Which of the following are factors that could cause extinction?

a)

Destruction of animals' habitat

b)

Climate change

c)

Pollution

d)

Increased human population (more people)

e)

ALL of the above could cause extinction

10.

Explain the flow of energy in this food chain (who passes energy to who).

a)

The hawk gives energy to the snake. The snake gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper who gives energy to the grass.

b)

The mouse gives energy to the hawk. The snake gives energy to the grasshopper. The grass gives energy to the snake.

c)

The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the snake who gives energy to the hawk.

11.

The role of an organism in an ecosystem

a)

niche

b)

carnivore

c)

habitat

d)

ecosystem

12.

A dead animal would be considered

a)

a biotic factor

b)

a limiting factor

c)

a population

d)

a producer

13.

What is the condition that occurs when two organisms both need a limited resource to live?

a)

competition

b)

ecological succession

c)

predator-prey

d)

natural selection

14.

The presence of lichens and mosses indicates the start of....

a)

ecological succession

b)

natural disaster

c)

extinction

d)

limiting factors

15.

The process of secondary succession begins....

a)

with bare rock.

b)

after primary succession.

c)

with an ecologically diverse climax community.

d)

after a natural disaster