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WorksheetsEcosystems & Biomes
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
What is the process when water falls in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
evaporation
transpiration
respiration
precipitation
What is the process when water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas?
condensation
evaporation
respiration
precipitation
What is the process where plants take up water in their roots and release it from their leaves?
evaporation
transpiration
condensation
respiration
What is the process where animals release water vapor as they exhale?
precipitation
transpiration
evaporation
respiration
What is the process when water is cooled and changes from a gas to a liquid?
condensation
respiration
precipitation
evaporation
What is the process in which water is soaked into the ground?
surface runoff
infiltration
percolation
transpiration
Includes water, soil, air, light, and minerals:
fear factor
biotic factor
abiotic factor
percolation
What is the process in which groundwater moves through the saturated zone below Earth’s surface?
surface runoff
infiltration
percolation
condensation
Includes protists, plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria:
abiotic factors
fear factors
biotic factors
negative factors
What is the process in which water flows over land from high to low ground?
surface runoff
infliltration
percolation
condensation
Ecology is the study of how ______.
the physical environment changes over time
biotic factors change over time
matter interacts with energy in our environment
living things interact with each other and their environment
The source of energy for almost all life on Earth is ______.
fungi
animals
water
sunlight
One reason the vegetation changes as you hike up a mountain is a change in ______.
gravity
carbon
light
temperature
An example of a biotic factor in a pond ecosystem is ______.
temperature
water
fish
sunlight
An ecosystem is made up of ______.
living things only
the physical environment only
living things and the physical environment
living things and all other things in outer space
A plant uses carbon dioxide gas from the air to make sugar during photosynthesis. This process is part of the __________ cycle.
phosphorus
water
carbon
nitrogen
Pure ______ in the air must be fixed before it is useful to plants.
water vapor
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
oxygen
Why would it be difficult for a plant to live in a sealed container?
Too much sunlight would pass through the sides of the container.
Not enough pure nitrogen gas would be available for respiration.
The plant would not be able to obtain a fresh supply of carbon dioxide to carry out photosynthesis.
Other organisms could not feed on the plant.
Which of the following could be a sequence in the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff
Transpiration, precipitation, percolation, condensation
Condensation, evaporation, infiltration, transpiration
Precipitation, condensation, evaporation, surface runoff
What gases are exchanged in animal respiration?
What gases are exchanged in animal respiration?
Nitrogen is taken in, carbon dioxide is released
Oxygen is taken in, carbon dioxide is released
Nitrogen is taken in, oxygen is released
Compounds of phosphorus can be found in the Earth’s atmosphere as well as on land and in bodies of water.
true
false
Which of the following is an abiotic factor in the diagram?
plants
animals
water
fungi
Which of the following is a way that carbon enters the atmosphere?
Fossil fuels are burned
Animals respire
Dead plants and animals are decayed
All of the above are ways that carbon enters the atmosphere
Carbon can be removed from the atmosphere when plants undergo photosynthesis.
true
false
An example of a producer is __________________.
fungus
a caterpillar
a bird
grass
Both consumers and producers are a source of food for ______.
scavengers
omnivores
carnivores
herbivores
Which of these food chains is in the correct order?
Caterpillar - cattail - frog - water snake
Cattail - caterpillar - frog - water snake
Water snake - frog - caterpillar - cattail
Cattail - frog - caterpillar - water snake
Decomposers are important to ecosystems because they ______.
are near the top of the energy pyramid
change simple compounds into more complex ones
make nutrients available for producers to reuse
convert light energy into sugars through photosynthesis
What does it mean when there is an arrow pointing from the rosebush to the deer?
The rosebush eats the deer
The deer eats the rosebush
The rosebush would not exist if the deer was present
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT a producer?
grass
oak tree
caterpillar
rosebush
Which of the following is a primary consumer?
wolf
snake
hawk
deer
Which of the following is both a secondary consumer AND a tertiary consumer?
frog
sparrow
hawk
wolf
In an energy pyramid, the lowest level has ______.
less energy than the top level
less energy than the second level
more energy than the top level
the same amount of energy as the second level
In an energy pyramid, the bottom level represents ______.
consumer
producers
scavengers
decomposers
If there are 5000 kcal of energy available at the bottom of an energy pyramid, then there will be only 10% of that energy, or 500 kcal, available at the next level above it.
true
false
Which of these biomes receives the most rain each year?
grassland
desert
tropical rainforest
tundra
The biome in a transition zone between deserts and temperate forests is ______.
grassland
tundra
taiga
tropical dry forest
A pine tree is a coniferous tree. This means it can ______.
produce food throughout the year
store water in dry weather
produce its own food through photosynthesis
get nutrients from the soil
A whale is feeding on plankton. In which aquatic biome are they located?
river
lake
deep ocean
open ocean
Salt water and fresh water mix in a(n) ______.
pond
ocean
estuary
river
