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Unit 4- Energy and Ecosystems Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which identifies the nonliving parts IMPORTANT in all ecosystems? (page 174)

a)

air, heat, rocks, water, and soil

b)

air, water, soil, and weather

c)

salt, temperature, sunlight, heat, and rocks

d)

water, soil, sunlight, rocks, and shade

2.

Which of the following activities can cause pollution? (page 226)

a)

mining fossil fuels (coal & oil)

b)

conserving water

c)

picking up trash

d)

planting trees

3.

People are part of food chains. What is the role of people in a food chain? (page 192)

a)

carnivore

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

producer

4.

Ecosystems have producers, consumers, and decomposers. Why are producers important in an ecosystem? (page 181)

a)

They produce food for consumers.

b)

They break down the remains of dead plants.

c)

They produce food for other producers.

d)

They consume food for other consumers.

5.

Trees are a natural resource. What is one way people use trees? (page 213)

a)

to produce lumber

b)

to produce plastic

c)

to construct roads

d)

to produce gasoline

6.

True or False: Ecosystems can be very large or very small? (page 174)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A _________________ is a group made up of the same type of individuals in the same ecoysytem. (page 177)

a)

community

b)

niche

c)

population

d)

habitat

8.

Fungi and bacteria are the main types of ______________? (page 182)

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

scavengers

9.

True or False: The arrows in a food chain show who is eating what. (page 190)

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals are _______________. (page 192)

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

d)

scavengers

11.

Rabbits are an example of a _________________. (page 192)

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

12.

True or false: Some animals can be both a predator and prey. (page 194)

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Changes in the food web have NO effect on other parts of the food web. (page 198)

a)

True

b)

False

14.

______________ are materials that are found in nature and that are used by living things. (page 208)

a)

renewable resources

b)

nonrenewable resources

c)

natural resources

d)

conservation

15.

A _______ is a solid substance made of one or more minerals. (page 211)

a)

soil

b)

minerals

c)

rock

d)

coal

16.

Which is an example of a way to produce green energy? (page 212)

a)

hydroelectric dams

b)

power plant

c)

burning a fire

d)

digging in mines

17.

A watershed is all the land and water that drain into a river system. This water is used in many ways. Which way do we use water from a watershed? (page 215)

a)

drinking water

b)

growing crops

c)

transportation

d)

all of the above

18.

True or False: The medicine, Asprin that is used for pain comes from the bark of a tree. (page 225)

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: Farming can be harmful to the environment. (page 227)

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Harmful substances that mix with water, air, or soil is called _______________? (page 226)

a)

invasive species

b)

pollution

c)

nonrenewable resource

d)

endangered species