WorksheetsEcosystems Pre-Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is an ecosystem?
The place an animal lives
The role that plants and animals have
The climate and other non living things in a certain area
The relationship of living and nonliving things
A non-living part of an ecosystem might be
antlers on a deer
shade on a person
a dead leaf
a nut on a tree
If the sun were completely blocked so that it no longer provided energy to the plants in a lake, what would happen to the remaining life in the lake?
Only the animals that eat the plants would die
only the plants die
all of the organisms in the lake would die
all of the carnivores would die
Check all of the characteristics of living things
they need nutrients (food & water)
they grow & reproduce
they respond to their environments
they move
they do not breathe
Check all of the animals that are carnivores.
Bear
rabbit
deer
fox
wolf
Check all of the animals that are herbivores.
Rabbit
Cow
Bobcat
Horse
Mountain Lion
Bacteria, fungin, and earthworms are all?
scavengers
decomposers
consumers
producers
Which of the following describes consumers?
organisms which are able to make sugars for energy
organisms that must eat other animals for energy
organisms that must eat other plants or animals for energy
organisms that break down dead bodies and waste
What is an example of a positive way in which human action impacts an ecosystem?
Some rainforest plants live high up in trees and have long roots that grow into the soil. The word that best describes this is:
extinction
adaptation
abiotic
producer
What is an abiotic factor?
An abiotic factor is a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
An abiotic factor is a living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
Abiotic factors are breathing, reproducing and growing.
Abiotic factors are once-living organisms in the ecosystem.
Which of the following has a life cycle?
you
butterfly
frog
elephant
All of the above
A change in form is called
a metamorphosis
a conversion
an exchange
life cycle
You are not an invertebrate because you have _______.
a head
hair
eyes
a backbone
The space that an organism in an ecosystem lives in is called a
community
habitat
population
niche
Make a list of 2-3 natural resources found on Earth.
Competition in an ecosystem happens when
members of a species, or different species, fight each other for the same food source
different species fight for different food sources
members of a species fight each other for different food sources
they fight over where they will sleep
What is a predator? What is a prey? Give an example of each.
A healthy ecosystem can be represented by a
food rectangle
food pyramid
food chain
none of the above
What is an example of a negative way in which human action impacts an ecosystem?
