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ecosystem 4th grade

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What breaks down the remains of dead organisms and adds nutrients to the soil?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

The Sun

2.

Who can make their own food through a process known as photosynthesis after receiving energy from the sun?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

The sun

3.

What organisms eat plants and animals to gain energy?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

The sun

4.

Which of these is not a decomposer?

a)

Mushroom

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

d)

Lion

5.

Which of these is not a consumer?

a)

Tiger

b)

Squirrel

c)

Fish

d)

Apple Tree

6.

Which of these is not a producer?

a)

Tree

b)

Flower

c)

Grass

d)

Bird

7.

Which of these organisms is responsible for changing the sun's energy into food?

a)

Tree

b)

Human

c)

Dog

d)

Hippo

8.

Which of these shows how energy flows among the animals?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

A neighbor has built a house beside your house. Some of your plants are dying. Predict which of the following could be a reason?

a)

The plants are extinct.

b)

The house allows more animals to eat the plants.

c)

The house has decreased the amount of sunlight the plants receive.

d)

The house has decreased the amount of water the plants receive.

10.

What is this?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

11.

What is this?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

12.

Which of these is a source of energy for a shark?

a)

Algae

b)

Fish

c)

Squirrel

d)

Bird

13.

Infer which population would increase if the number of mice increased?

a)

Owls

b)

Grass

c)

Rabbits

d)

Birds

14.

If the grass in this area died, what would happen to animals in the food web?

a)

All animals would be affected

b)

The grasshoppers and rabbits would die

c)

Some animals may have to find a new place to live due to the lack of food

d)

all the above

15.

What do carnivores eat?

a)

other consumers

b)

plants

c)

both

16.

What do herbivores eat?

a)

other consumers

b)

plants

c)

both

17.

What do omnivores eat?

a)

other consumers

b)

plants

c)

both

18.

Why do you not see some birds during the winter months?

a)

They are hiding

b)

They are hibernating

c)

They are migrating

d)

They die

19.

Plants need _____ to make food.

a)

light

b)

protection

c)

to stay warm

20.

All living things are called _________.

a)

prey

b)

organisms

c)

partnerships

21.

Some animals _______ from one ecosystem to another to find food and water.

a)

migrate

b)

adapt

c)

hibernate

22.

During the coldest months of the year, some animals _________.

a)

compete

b)

camouflage

c)

hibernate

23.
A community and its physical environment together
a)
producer
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
food web
24.
A living thing that eats other living things for energy.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
habitat
25.
A living thing that feeds on the wastes or remains of plants and animals.
a)
decomposer
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
nutrient
26.
Which group uses the sun's energy to make food?
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
predators
27.
What is the source of all energy in an ecosystem
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
sun
28.
Which organism is a decomposer?
a)
ladybug
b)
fungus
c)
spider
d)
sunflower
29.
Which group lists only decomposers?
a)
tadpoles, frogs, and algae
b)
shrimp, crayfish, and turtles
c)
bacteria, mushrooms, and earthworms
30.
What is another name for an animal or plant's home?
a)
ecosystem
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
population
31.
Animals that eat only plants
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
32.
Animals that eat only meat
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
scavenger
33.
Animals that eat both plants and animals
a)
carnivore
b)
scavenger
c)
omnivore
d)
herbivore
34.
What is an organism that makes its own food called?
a)
consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
d)
scavenger
35.
The interaction between living and non-living things is called?
a)
community
b)
scarcity
c)
ecosystem
d)
consumer
36.
What is an animal that breaks down dead materials and gives nutrients back to the soil called?
a)
decomposer
b)
producer
c)
herbivore
d)
scavenger
37.
Bacteria and worms are an example of what type of organism?
a)
scavenger
b)
producer
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
38.
What is one thing that non-living things don't give us?
a)
food
b)
air
c)
water
d)
sunlight
39.

Which of these is a source of energy for a shark?

a)

Algae

b)

Fish

c)

Squirrel

d)

Bird

40.

Anything that makes the air, land, or water dirty is called _________.

a)

migration

b)

pollution

c)

adaptation