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Iguana Science Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

all living things in an ecosystem

a)

ecosystem

b)

soil

c)

organic matter

d)

environment

e)

community

2.

the remains of plants and animals

a)

prairie

b)

rainforest

c)

population

d)

organic matter

e)

community

3.

an area in which temperatures are warm throughout the year and there is a lot of sunlight and rainfall

a)

prairie

b)

community

c)

rainforest

d)

environment

e)

ecosystem

4.

a grassy land area with few or no trees

a)

prairie

b)

rainforest

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

e)

soil

5.

the loose material that covers much of Earth's surface

a)

ecosystem

b)

organic matter

c)

rainforest

d)

soil

e)

environment

6.

all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

organic matter

d)

prairie

e)

population

7.

everything that surrounds and affects a living thing

a)

population

b)

community

c)

environment

d)

organic matter

e)

ecosystem

8.

all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community

a)

prairie

b)

rainforest

c)

population

d)

community

e)

environment

9.

A(n) _____________ is an area of the Earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold.

a)

ecosystem

b)

temperate zone

c)

consumer

d)

pollinate

e)

producer

10.

An animal that helps plants make seeds is called a _________.

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

pollinator

d)

seed dispersal

e)

reproduction

11.

A _________ is an organism that makes its own food.

a)

consumer

b)

ecosystem

c)

pollinator

d)

producer

e)

seed dispersal

12.

__________ is the process of making ore of one's own kind.

a)

temperate zone

b)

pollinator

c)

ecosystem

d)

consumer

e)

reproduction

13.

A(n) ____________ is made up of all the living and non living things that interact in an area.

a)

pollinator

b)

seed dispersal

c)

temperate zone

d)

ecosystem

e)

reproduction

14.

__________ is the scattering or carrying away of seeds from the plant that produced them.

a)

consumer

b)

seed dispersal

c)

ecosystem

d)

pollinator

e)

reproduction

15.

A _______ gets energy by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat plants.

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

pollinator

d)

reproduction

e)

temperate zone

16.

An ecosystem is an area of the Earth where the temperate rarely gets very hot or very cold.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

A temperate zone is an area of the Earth where the temperate rarely gets very hot or very cold.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

An animal that helps plants make seeds is called a consumer.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

An animal that helps plants make seeds is called a pollinator.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

A producer is an organism that makes its own food.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

A seed dispersal is an organism that makes its own food.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Reproduction is the process of making more of one's own kind.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

A producer is the process of making more of one's own kind.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

A temperate zone is made up of all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

An ecosystem is made up of all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Seed dispersal is the scattering or carrying away of seeds from the plant that produced them.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Reproduction is the scattering or carrying away of seeds from the plant that produced them.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

A pollinator gets energy by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat plants.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

A consumer gets energy by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat plants.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

A _________ is an animal with poisonous tentacles that lives on the ocean floor.

a)

polar

b)

Egyptian plover

c)

sea anemone

d)

terrarium

e)

organism

31.

As a result of cold temperatures in this ecosystem, there is no soil on a _________ ice sheet, only ice.

a)

organism

b)

terrarium

c)

sea anemone

d)

Egyptian plover

e)

polar

32.

A __________ allows people to observe how living parts of an ecosystem interact with each other and with nonliving parts.

a)

Egyptian plover

b)

polar

c)

terrarium

d)

sea anemone

e)

organism

33.

The _________ is a bird that cleans the teeth of the Nile crocodile.

a)

terrarium

b)

organism

c)

Egyptian plover

d)

polar

e)

sea anemone

34.

An _____ lives in a place where the conditions best meet its needs.

a)

sea anemone

b)

Egyptian plover

c)

polar

d)

organism

e)

terrarium

35.

an ecosystem with very little rainfall

a)

pollen

b)

shelter

c)

desert

d)

forest

e)

interdependent

36.

a safe place or covering

a)

interdependent

b)

desert

c)

shelter

d)

forest

e)

pollen

37.

a material that plants need to make seeds

a)

shelter

b)

forest

c)

pollen

d)

interdependent

e)

desert

38.

an ecosystem where my plants and animals can survive

a)

shelter

b)

interdependent

c)

forest

d)

pollen

e)

desert

39.

Living things that depend on each other to meet their needs are _________.

a)

interdependent

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

pollen

e)

shelter

40.

rainforest

a)

home to where animals feed on grass

b)

has warm temperatures throughout the year

c)

has no soil

d)

very little rainfall

e)

has a lot of sunlight and rainfall

41.

desert

a)

has warm temperatures throughout the year

b)

soil is sandy and has few nutrients

c)

very little rain fall

d)

temperatures are very low

e)

very high daytime temperatures

42.

prairie

a)

has a lot of sunlight and rainfall

b)

temperatures are very low

c)

home to animals that feed on grass

d)

grassy area with few trees

e)

receives more rainfall then deserts, but less than forests

43.

polar

a)

grassy area with few trees

b)

covered in ice

c)

has no soil

d)

temperatures are very low

e)

home to animals that fed on grass