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Changes in ecosystems

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem
a)
constructing highways
b)
planting trees
c)
recycling paper
2.
A habitat is the place where an animal lives. Which animal's habitat is probably not in the desert?
a)
an insect
b)
lizard
c)
desert rat
d)
bear
3.
How does a bird "change its environment" to meet its NEEDS?
a)
builds a nest
b)
flies around
c)
catches bugs
d)
looks for something to eat
4.
Which of the following activities has a positive effect on the environment?
a)
recycling
b)
deforestation
c)
pollution
5.
A ______________ is the place where an organism lives.
a)
adaptation
b)
equilibrium
c)
population
d)
habitat
6.
An ______________ is a system made up of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.
a)
ecosystem
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
biodiversity
7.
Which is NOT an example of a natural environmental change?
a)
a beaver dam
b)
a hurricane
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a housing development
8.
An organism that feeds on other organisms
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
organism
9.
A simple organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning important nutrients to the environment 
a)
inorganic
b)
decomposer
c)
organism 
d)
consumer
10.
A living thing
a)
organism
b)
organic
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
11.
Organism that makes its own food
a)
organism
b)
product
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
12.
What is a drought?
a)
Not enough rain
b)
Too much rain.
c)
Too much people using water
d)
Strong winds
13.
An example of a natural change to the ecosystem is:
a)
A highway built in the middle of the desert. 
b)
Lightening strikes and starts a fire in the forest. 
c)
A rancher placing too many grazers in a small area leading to overgrazing.
14.

Succession is

a)

quick change from a natural disaster

b)

to be able to win

c)

ecosystems that have no change

d)

process of gradual change from one community of organisms to another

15.

What can cause an ecosystem to change quickly?

a)

Planting trees

b)

Introducing new animals

c)

An earthquake

d)

The water cycle

16.

If an ecosystem changes from being rainy to dry...

a)

plants can change

b)

animals can change

c)

plants and animals can change

d)

plants and animals won't change

17.

What might be a reason an animal becomes extinct?

a)

It is a predator.

b)

It produces oxygen.

c)

It adapts to its environment.

d)

Its habitat is destroyed.

18.

After this prairie was flooded, all the animals left and the grasses died. Which organism will most likely return first?

a)

jackrabbit

b)

hawk

c)

coyote

d)

grasses

19.

The removal of which organism would cause all other populations to decrease?

a)

small ocean plants

b)

small ocean animals

c)

tuna

d)

shark

20.

What might happen to the rest of the food chain if there was a decrease in the snake population?

a)

The grasshopper population will increase.

b)

The mouse population will decrease.

c)

The hawk population will decrease.

d)

The grass population will decrease.

21.

A species that is _______ has no living members.

a)

succession

b)

extinct

c)

hazardous waste

d)

parasite

22.

A species that is at risk of dying out is an _________ species.

a)

endangered

b)

parasite

c)

competition

d)

succession

23.

Nonliving things that affect organisms in an ecosystem include soil, temperature, and

a)

plants.

b)

water.

c)

decomposers.

d)

parasites.

24.

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

decomposer

25.

Choose the producer.

a)

rock

b)

tree

c)

cow

d)

bird

26.
An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a what?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
27.

What is this a picture of?

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

ecosystem

d)

a pond

28.

This an image of what?

a)

mushrooms

b)

decomposers

c)

worms

d)

bacteria

29.

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

30.

Mice and grasshoppers are examples of prey.

a)

True

b)

False

31.
What is an organism called that eats only meat?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
32.
An animal that HUNTS and eats other animals is called what?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
herbivore
d)
scavenger