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Year 11 Ecosystems 20th January 2021

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A consumer?
a)
Makes its own food
b)
Eats dead plants and animals
c)
Eats plants and other animals for energy
d)
Buys toys for kids
2.
A decomposer?
a)
Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
b)
Eats plants or other animals for food
c)
Makes its own food
d)
Machine that gathers trash
3.
A __________ is all the living and nonliving things around you.
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Community
c)
Environment 
d)
Population
4.
The desert is the ___________ of the biomes.
a)
driest
b)
succulents
c)
dryness
d)
nocturnal
5.
1.  Deciduous Forest has this amount of water
a)
there is a wet season and a dry season         
b)
it is dry 
c)
it rains all the time         
d)
It rains all throughout the year, but mostly in the Spring 
6.
The name of a tree found in the deciduous biome.
a)
camouflage
b)
maple
c)
coniferous
d)
cactus
7.
The cold biome of the far north is called the
a)
Northern
b)
Pole
c)
artictc tundra
8.
The permenantly frozen soil that prevents plants from growing deep within the soil is called ________
a)
concrete soil
b)
water table
c)
permafrost
d)
estruary
9.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
10.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
11.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
d)
population
12.
Grass is considered a ...
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
composers
13.
A ____________ breaks down waste or dead organisms and recycles nutrients.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
omnivore
14.
An animal that is hunted for food.
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
consumer
d)
decomposer
15.

Which biome does the following statement apply to?


"Cold, windy, dry conditions with low-growing vegetation"

a)

Tundra/Polar

b)

Deciduous Woodland

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Tropical Grassland

16.

Which biome does the following statement apply to?


"Trees shed their leaves in the winter"

a)

Tundra/Polar

b)

Deciduous Woodland

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Tropical Grassland

17.

Which biome does the following statement apply to?


"Very high daytime temperatures, very low levels of rainfall"

a)

Desert

b)

Deciduous Woodland

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Tropical Grassland

18.

Which biome is found closest to the equator?

a)

Desert

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Tropical Grassland

d)

Deciduous Woodland

19.

Which biome is the UK mainly made up of?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Tropical Grassland

d)

Deciduous Woodland

20.

Why are temperatures so hot at the equator?

a)

It's closest to the sun.

b)

The sunlight is concentrated over a small area.

c)

The sunlight is spread out over a large area.

d)

The days are longer here.