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Organisms and environment

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is carbon dioxide important for plants?

a)

Carbon dioxide gives plants their green color.

b)

Plants can release carbon dioxide into the air.

c)

Plants use carbon dioxide to make their own food.

d)

Carbon dioxide lets plants absorb their roots.

2.

What is the first element of the food web?

a)

Eagle

b)

Sun

c)

Water

d)

Wolf

3.

What is the first element of the food web?

a)

Eagle

b)

Sun

c)

Water

d)

Wolf

4.

Plants in a food web are:

a)

consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

suppliers

5.

Living things that make their own food using air, light, soil and water are called:

a)

changers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

producers

6.

The purpose of a food chain is to show:

a)

the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

b)

the number of organism in an ecosystem.

c)

how animals compete for food in an ecosystem.

d)

the organism living near each other in an ecosystem.

7.

Every ecosystem supplies the basic needs for the organisms that live there. What are the basic needs of all organisms?

a)

Air, water, food, habitat

b)

Food, water, habitat, space

c)

Air, water, food, protection

d)

Food, attention, change, water

8.

The living parts of an ecosystem...

a)

Multicellular

b)

abiotic factors

c)

biotic factors

d)

classification

9.
Which two organisms are in a PRODUCER-CONSUMER relationship?
a)
Gray Wolf and Fruits
b)
Vole and Grass
c)
Elk and Coyote
d)
Elk and Gray Wolf
10.
Which two organisms are in a PREDATOR-PREY relationship?
a)
Grass and Vole
b)
Gray wolf and Elk
c)
Vole and Elk
d)
Gray Wolf  and Fruits
11.

How many organisms are HERBIVORES?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

Organisms such as mushrooms, bacteria, worms and ants that get energy by breaking down other dead organisms.

a)

scavengers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

carnivores

13.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
14.

If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the...

a)

hawk population

b)

rabbit population

c)

wildflower population

d)

grass population

15.

Canadian Geese and many other birds migrate to different climates when —

a)

the wind blows harder

b)

temperatures get cooler

c)

rain clouds fill the sky

16.
A drought has hit this grassland biome. How will this effect the rabbit population?
a)
The rabbits will increase in number.
b)
The rabbit population will stay the same.
c)
The rabbit population will decrease.
d)
The rabbit population will become extinct immediately.
17.
Which option is biotic?
a)
Plants
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
Energy
18.

The most sustainable ecosystem would

a)

Have low biodiversity

b)

Have high biodiversity

c)

Not experience change

d)

Have no predators

19.

Place where an organism lives

a)

biodiversity

b)

micro-habitat

c)

habitat

d)

sustainability

e)

limiting factor

20.

a condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size

a)

biodiversity

b)

micro-habitat

c)

habitat

d)

sustainability

e)

limiting factor

21.

Something that is not living

a)

abiotic

b)

biotic

c)

niche

d)

pioneer species

e)

limiting factor

22.
What word means "an animal that hunts other animals for food?"
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
consumer
d)
pet