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WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
All the populations that live in the same area
Everything that surrounds and affects an organism, including living and nonliving things
It shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun
An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things
What is a consumer?
An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things
An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals
What is a decomposer?
An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals
An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things
What does a carnivore eat?
Only Plants
Only Meat
Both plants and meat
What does an omnivore eat?
Only plants
Only meats
Both plants and meats
What does a herbivore eat?
Only plants
Only meats
Both plants and meats
What is a predator?
An organism caught or hunted for food
An animal that hunts other animals for food
A consumer that eats plants and animals
What is prey?
An organism caught or hunted for food
An animal that hunts other animals for food
A consumer that eats plants and animals
What is hibernation?
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep
When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change
An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself
An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings
What is migration?
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep
When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change
An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself
An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings
What is mimicry?
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep
When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change
An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself
An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings
What is camouflage?
An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself
When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep
An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings
Abiotic things are...
Living or nonliving?
(a)
Biotic things are...
Living or nonliving
(a)
What is a community?
All the populations that live in the same area
All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
Everything that surrounds and affects an organism, including living and nonliving things
An organism caught or hunted for food
What is a habitat?
An environment that does not meet the needs of an organism
All the populations that live in the same area
An environment that meets the needs of an organism
Part of an ecosystem that is nonliving
What is a food chain?
Shows the pattern of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals
Shows the pattern of height from plants to animals
When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change
Putting a banana on a leash
What is somethings environment?
Everything that surrounds and affects an organism including living and nonliving things
All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
All the populations that live in the same area
What is an adaptation?
Shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap
A change that may be physical or behavioral that helps an animal or plant survive
Everything that surrounds and affects an organism including living and nonliving things
What is a food web?
It shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap
It shows the pattern of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals
It is a change that may be physical or behavioral that helps an animal or plant survive
Check off all the producers
flower
horse
bird
tree
grass
Check off all the producers
pine tree
giraffe
mushroom
sunflower
daffodil
Check off all the consumers
flower
bird
vulture
mushroom
bear
Check off all the consumers
lion
tiger
bear
aster flower
spruce tree
Check off the decomposers
mushroom
bacteria
jellyfish
worm
rose
Check off the herbivores
lion
dog
koala
rabbit
grasshopper
Check off the carnivores
lion
cricket
hawk
turtle
owl
Check off the omnivores
humans
dogs
lion
koala
Check off everything that is biotic
polar bear
water
rocks
grass
flowers
Check off everything that is abiotic
sun
pebbles
dog
toad
wind
Which shows a path of food energy?
sun-fish-plant-bear
bear-fish-plant-sun
sun-plant-fish-bear
plant-fish-bear-sun
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 would die
All of the organisms in the lake would die
All of the carnivores would die
Which of these is an example of camouflage?
A moth that looks and acts like a hummingbird
A bear that sleeps in a cave all winter
a colorful fish that lives in brightly colored coral
An elephant uses its large ears to fan itself
What does the wolf eat?
(a)
What does the grasshopper get its energy from?
(a)
Check of the producers
snake
grasshopper
lavenders
mangoes
corn
What two things eat the fruit fly?
Wolf
Dragonfly
Frog
Butterfly
Thrush
In the food web, what would happen to the rat if grasshoppers were taken out of the food web?
The number of rats would increase
The number of rats would decrease
