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Science Unit 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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Class
Date
1.

Which best describes the living and nonliving things in a place?

a)

habitiat

b)

carnivore

c)

ecosystem

d)

producer

2.

What is a habitat?

a)

The space where a plant or animal lives.

b)

All of one kind of animal or plant in the same area.

c)

All the animals living in the ocean.

d)

Living and nonliving things that interact in the same space.

3.

What causes a drought?

a)

too much rainfall

b)

no rainfall

c)

moving water

4.

Some living things, such as rabbits, eat only plants. What is the name for living things that only eat plants?

a)

omnivores

b)

carnivores

c)

producers

d)

herbivores

5.

Living things in the same ecosystem share ___.

a)

oceans

b)

resources

c)

chores

d)

herbivores

6.

Which change will most likely have the greatest effect on an ecosystem?

a)

A fire burns down a forest.

b)

One piece of trash is thrown into a pond.

c)

There is no rain for a week in a desert.

d)

A tree is cut down.

7.

A ____ is all of the populations that live and interact in an area.

a)

desert

b)

habitat

c)

community

d)

carnivore

8.

Which is an example of a decomposer?

a)

a bird

b)

grass

c)

a mushroom

d)

a snake

9.

Which is an example of erosion?

a)

It does not rain for a long time.

b)

Ocean water moves sand from the shoreline of a beach.

c)

It rains too much.

d)

A fire makes a new space for plant growth.

10.

A lion eats other animals, so it is a ___.

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

producer

d)

carnivore

11.

In a food chain, there are producers, consumers, and decomposers. What is the role of a consumer in a food chain?

a)

to eat plants or other living things

b)

to break down dead things

c)

to make its own food

12.

Which of the following describes a producer?

a)

The process plants use to make food.

b)

A living thing that makes its own food.

c)

A living thing that eats other living things.

d)

An animal that eats only plants.

13.

Which sentence best describes a flood?

a)

Earth wears down and breaks apart.

b)

A large amount of water covers normally dry land.

c)

A fire makes space for new plant growth.

d)

It does not rain for a long time.

14.

A ___ is all of one kind of organism living in the same area.

a)

consumer

b)

ecosystem

c)

erosion

d)

population

15.

What is wrong with this food chain that Kyla drew?

a)

Owls do not eat rabbits.

b)

A rabbit is not a herbivore.

c)

A food chain cannot begin with a producer.

d)

A producer cannot consume (eat) another producer.

16.

This picture shows a food chain. Which animal in this food chain is an herbivore?

a)

grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

mouse

d)

owl

17.

In what way can humans help the environment? Pick all that apply.

a)

recycle

b)

litter

c)

turn out lights

d)

plant trees or plants

18.

Look at the food chain. What is the grass?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

19.

Look at the food chain. What is the rabbit?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

20.

Look at the food chain. What is the fox?

a)

producer

b)

consumer