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Ecosystems Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All of the living and nonliving parts of an environment

b)

All of the living animals and plants that live in one spot

c)

Rocks, trees, water, soil, and wind

d)

A very cold location near the north pole

2.

Which of these is part of an ecosystem

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

soil

d)

all of the above

3.

All of the living things within an ecosystem are called a....

a)

population

b)

adaptation

c)

community

d)

niche

4.

What is NOT part of a forest community?

a)

deer

b)

bears

c)

rocks

d)

grass

5.

All of ONE SPECIES of living thing in an ecosystem is called...

a)

a population

b)

a community

c)

a gathering

d)

an assembly

6.

The giraffes and zebras in this picture belong to the same...

a)

individual

b)

community

c)

population

d)

niche

7.

What is a producer?

a)

A non-living thing, such as soil or rocks

b)

A living thing that makes its own food

c)

A living thing that eats non-living things

d)

A new organism that just entered an ecosystem

8.

An animal that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things to survive is called a...

a)

organism

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

decomposer

9.

An organism that breaks down dead organisms is called...

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

carnivore

d)

consumer

10.

In this food web, the deer is a...

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

ecosystem

11.

What does an herbivore eat?

a)

anything

b)

meat only

c)

plants only

d)

dead organisms

12.

What does a carnivore eat?

a)

plants only

b)

meat only

c)

dead organisms

d)

nothing

13.

What does an omnivore eat?

a)

plants and animals

b)

meant only

c)

dead organisms

d)

plants only

14.

In this picture, which organism is a producer?

a)

hawk

b)

snake

c)

caterpillar

d)

grass

15.

In this picture, which organism is NOT a carnivore?

a)

snake

b)

hawk

c)

grasshopper

d)

blue jay

16.

Where does all energy start in every ecosystem?

a)

grass

b)

sun

c)

water

d)

humans

17.

What is an adaptation?

a)

Where an animal lives

b)

The food plants create from sunlight

c)

Something living things use to survive

d)

A behavior that hurts an animal

18.

A physical attribute (something on the organism, a part of the organism) that helps the organism survive is a...

a)

structural adaptation

b)

emotional adaptation

c)

body adaptation

d)

behavioral adaptation

19.

Which of these is an example of a physical/structural adaptation?

a)

Roaring

b)

Hibernation

c)

Migration

d)

Thorns

20.

A behavioral adaptation is....

a)

an activity or action an organism does to survive

b)

a physical part of an organism that helps it survive

c)

the way an organism reacts when it is hungry

d)

how large an organism is

21.

Which is an example of a behavioral adaptation?

a)

wings

b)

sharp teeth

c)

hibernation

d)

smooth fur

22.

A niche is...

a)

where an organism lives

b)

the job of an organism in a food web

c)

a small group of similar organisms

d)

another name for consumers

23.

No two species have the exact same niche.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which of these is necessary for an organism to survive in its environment?

a)

food and water

b)

space

c)

shelter

d)

all of the above

25.

A niche stays the same throughout an organism's entire life.

a)

True

b)

False