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Grade 5 Wetlands Unit test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An ecosystem has :
a)
living things
b)
living and nonliving things
c)
nonliving things
d)
nothing
2.
A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an 
a)
animal
b)
abiotic factor
c)
biotic factor
d)
organism
3.
Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
4.
Which of the following is not a biotic factor?
a)
mushroom
b)
air
c)
elephant
d)
coyote
5.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
6.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
7.

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Scavengers

8.

Which of these is a decomposer?

a)

Fungi

b)

Hawk

c)

Dog

d)

Grass

9.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To escape animals
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
10.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.

b)

The food that an animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

d)

An ecosystem

11.

Wetlands are found?

a)

In the ocean

b)

Antarctica

c)

All over Canada

d)

The desert

12.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
d)
population
13.
If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
a)
Grass
b)
Insect
c)
Snake
d)
Snail
14.
In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?
a)
The snakes will increase.
b)
The grasshoppers will decrease.
c)
The eagles will remain the same.
d)
The grasshoppers will increase.
15.
Wetlands are important because...
a)
they help filter water of toxins and excess nutrients
b)
they support many species
c)
they protect areas from floods 
d)
all of these choices
16.

A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:

a)

Lake

b)

Wetland

c)

River

d)

Dessert

17.

Four kinds of wetlands are: Marshes, swamps, fens and _____________.

a)

lakes

b)

rivers

c)

bogs

d)

oceans

18.

What organism is hunted by another organism for energy (food)?

a)

prey

b)

photosynthesis

c)

predator

d)

leaves

19.

Which type of organism can't make it's own food and must get energy from another LIVING organism?

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

glucose

d)

comsumer

20.

Which type of consumer eats dead animals for energy?

a)

scavenger

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

21.

Where do decomposers get there energy?

a)

eating living things

b)

from the sun and water

c)

from waste and dead organisms

d)

the air

22.
Which type of wetland is best described as, "The plants growing here are grasses, reeds, sedges, and some shrubs."
a)
bogs
b)
fens
c)
swamps
d)
marsh
23.
Which type of wetland would be best described as "usually characterized by the growth of woody plants such as cypress and tupelo trees. "​ 
a)
bogs
b)
fens
c)
swamp
d)
marsh
24.
A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
25.

Which answer best defines photosynthesis?

a)

the movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the air

b)

Tiny holes in the leaves of a plant that allow gases to enter or leave the plant

c)

the process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food

d)

a gas in the atmosphere that plants use to make food

26.

The correct name of each zone is

a)

A: emergent zone

B: floating zone

C: submergent zone

b)

A: submergent zone

B: floating zone

C: mergent zone

c)

A: emergent zone

B: floating zone

C: submarine zone

d)

A: emergent zone

B: flower zone

C: submergent zone

27.
What effect would building a highway have on an ecosystem?
a)
increase in butterfly migration
b)
decrease in destruction of habitat
c)
increase in carbon dioxide
d)
increase in oxygen
28.
An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Humans 
29.

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

a)

community

b)

house

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

30.

_____ is any harmful material in the environment.

a)

global warming

b)

pollution

c)

conservation

d)

recycling

31.

When people throw trash out of their car, they are causing this type of pollution:

a)

air

b)

land

c)

water

d)

fire

32.

When pollution in the air and land run into ponds, lakes, oceans and rivers, it causes this type of pollution:

a)

land

b)

water

c)

air

d)

fire

33.
What is one way people help the environment?
a)
building new cities
b)
tearing down a forest
c)
placing harmful chemicals in streams
d)
picking up litter
34.

Which of the following ecosystems helps prevent flooding and erosion of soil?

a)

Wetlands

b)

Grasslands

c)

Oceans

d)

Arctic

35.

Which of the following ecosystems has temperature that stays the SAME top to bottom?

a)

Grasslands

b)

Forests

c)

Ponds and Lakes

d)

Arctic

36.
True or False - An amphibian spends the first part of its life cycle in water, and the second part mostly on land.
a)
True
b)
False
37.

Where do amphibians lay their eggs?

a)

land

b)

water

c)

trees

d)

road

38.

A young frog is called a ________.

a)

adult frog

b)

tadpole

c)

squid

d)

squiggle

39.
__________ is an organism that only eats meat for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Borivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
40.
What is a simple definition of a wetland?
a)
low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet all the  time every year
b)
low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
c)
high lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
d)
low lying lands with moist soil that are wet all the  time every year

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