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Ecosystem

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

2.

An organism that can make its own food

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

3.

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

4.

Small consumers that are hunted and eaten by larger consumers

a)

producer

b)

prey

c)

predator

5.

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

predator

6.

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

decomposer

7.

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

8.

NON-living things found in an ecosystem

a)

biotic

b)

abiotc

c)

habitat

9.

Choose the producer.

a)

rock

b)

tree

c)

cow

d)

bird

10.

Choose the decomposer.

a)

grass

b)

elephant

c)

bacteria

d)

bird

11.

Choose the consumer.

a)

mushroom

b)

horse

c)

tree

d)

grass

12.

Where does the food chain START?

a)

with consumers that eat grass

b)

with the sun giving energy to producers

c)

with the sun giving energy to consumers

d)

with consumers eating other consumers

13.

A decomposer is also a producer.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following are factors that could cause extinction?

a)

Destruction of animals' habitat

b)

Climate change

c)

Pollution

d)

Increased human population (more people)

e)

ALL of the above could cause extinction

15.

What is scarcity and how could it affect an ecosystem?

a)

Too many animals or plants in an area can cause the ecosystem to fail.

b)

Too many animals or plants in an area can cause the animals to be too fat.

c)

Too few animals or plants in an area can cause other animals to go hungry or die.

d)

Too few animals or plants in an area can cause pollution.

16.

Which of these living things is a producer?

a)

horse

b)

cow

c)

fly

d)

grass

17.

Mice and grasshoppers are examples of prey.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Explain the flow of energy in this food chain (who passes energy to who).

a)

The hawk gives energy to the snake. The snake gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper who gives energy to the grass.

b)

The mouse gives energy to the hawk. The snake gives energy to the grasshopper. The grass gives energy to the snake.

c)

The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the snake who gives energy to the hawk.

19.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore