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Ecosystems

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

b)

Only living things that interact in a particular area

c)

Weather, sun, water, and climate

d)

Variety of biodiversity such as animals, plants, and organisms

2.

Examples of abiotic factors include:

a)

Frogs and Tadpoles

b)

Plants and Trees

c)

Rain and Wind

d)

Deer and Berries

3.

Examples of Biotic Factors include:

a)

Oceans and Rivers

b)

Alligators and Elephants

c)

Flamingos and Swampland

d)

Sunlight and Grasses

4.

An example of a producer is:

a)

Fish

b)

Octopus

c)

Dolphin

d)

Seaweed

5.

Plants live through photosynthesis. What three things do plants need to photosynthesize?

a)

Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide

b)

Sunlight, water, oxygen

c)

Water, carbon dioxide, soil

d)

Sunlight, water, soil

6.

A consumer is:

a)

An organism that can make its own energy

b)

An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead matter

c)

An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy

d)

An organism that gets energy through photosynthesis

7.

A herbivore:

a)

Eats only plants

b)

Eats only meat

c)

Eats both plants and meat

d)

Makes its own food

8.

A carnivore:

a)

Eats only plants

b)

Eats only meat

c)

Eats both plants and meat

d)

Eats the food it makes

9.

An omnivore:

a)

Eats only plants

b)

Eats only meat

c)

Eats both plants and animals

d)

Eats the food it makes

10.

A decomposer:

a)

Gets energy by breaking down dead matter

b)

Gets energy by eating plants only

c)

Gets energy by eating animals only

d)

Gets energy by eating both plants and animals

11.

Cellular respiration helps keep living things alive. What is cellular respiration?

a)

The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells

b)

The chemical reaction between sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

c)

Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water combining to keep plants alive

d)

When plants give humans carbon dioxide.

12.

What is energy?

a)

The ability to make things move or change

b)

When objects move

c)

When objects store things

d)

The only thing that keeps objects alive

13.

What is biodiversity?

a)

The one type of organism in an ecosystem

b)

The variety of types of ecosystems we study

c)

The number of different types of abiotic factors

d)

The variety of organisms in an ecosystem

14.

An example of parasitism (host and parasite):

a)

Tick and human

b)

Clownfish and anemone

c)

Lion and gazelle

d)

Bee and flower

15.

An example of mutualism (both benefit):

a)

Mosquito and human

b)

Cheetah and gazelle

c)

Bee and flower

d)

Cows eating grass

16.

An example of commensalism (one organism benefits the other is unaffected):

a)

Bee and flower

b)

Cow and grass

c)

Shark and remora

d)

Flea and dog

17.

What is a keystone species?

a)

An organism that the ecosystem relies on for survival

b)

An organism that is the key to its own population's survival

c)

An organism that is an original species

d)

A species that lives in stones