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Ecosystems

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

b)

All the populations that live in the same area

c)

Everything that surrounds and affects an organism, including living and nonliving things

d)

It shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap

2.

What is a producer?

a)

An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun

b)

An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals

c)

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things

3.

What is a consumer?

a)

An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun

b)

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things

c)

An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals

4.

What is a decomposer?

a)

An organism that gets its energy from eating other plants or animals

b)

An organism that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun

c)

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead things

5.

What does a carnivore eat?

a)

Only Plants

b)

Only Meat

c)

Both plants and meat

6.

What does an omnivore eat?

a)

Only plants

b)

Only meats

c)

Both plants and meats

7.

What does a herbivore eat?

a)

Only plants

b)

Only meats

c)

Both plants and meats

8.

What is a predator?

a)

An organism caught or hunted for food

b)

An animal that hunts other animals for food

c)

A consumer that eats plants and animals

9.

What is prey?

a)

An organism caught or hunted for food

b)

An animal that hunts other animals for food

c)

A consumer that eats plants and animals

10.

What is hibernation?

a)

A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep

b)

When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change

c)

An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself

d)

An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings

11.

What is migration?

a)

A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep

b)

When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change

c)

An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself

d)

An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings

12.

What is mimicry?

a)

A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep

b)

When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change

c)

An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself

d)

An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings

13.

What is camouflage?

a)

An animal or plant looks like a different animal or plant to disguise itself

b)

When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change

c)

A period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep

d)

An animals color or pattern that helps it blend with its surroundings

14.

Abiotic things are...


Living or nonliving?

(a)  

15.

Biotic things are...


Living or nonliving

(a)  

16.

What is a community?

a)

All the populations that live in the same area

b)

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

c)

Everything that surrounds and affects an organism, including living and nonliving things

d)

An organism caught or hunted for food

17.

What is a habitat?

a)

An environment that does not meet the needs of an organism

b)

All the populations that live in the same area

c)

An environment that meets the needs of an organism

d)

Part of an ecosystem that is nonliving

18.

What is a food chain?

a)

Shows the pattern of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals

b)

Shows the pattern of height from plants to animals

c)

When an animal moves to a different area when the seasons change

d)

Putting a banana on a leash

19.

What is somethings environment?

a)

Everything that surrounds and affects an organism including living and nonliving things

b)

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

c)

All the populations that live in the same area

20.

What is an adaptation?

a)

Shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap

b)

A change that may be physical or behavioral that helps an animal or plant survive

c)

Everything that surrounds and affects an organism including living and nonliving things

21.

What is a food web?

a)

It shows how two or more food chains connect or overlap

b)

It shows the pattern of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals

c)

It is a change that may be physical or behavioral that helps an animal or plant survive

22.

Check off all the producers

a)

flower

b)

horse

c)

bird

d)

tree

e)

grass

23.

Check off all the producers

a)

pine tree

b)

giraffe

c)

mushroom

d)

sunflower

e)

daffodil

24.

Check off all the consumers

a)

flower

b)

bird

c)

vulture

d)

mushroom

e)

bear

25.

Check off all the consumers

a)

lion

b)

tiger

c)

bear

d)

aster flower

e)

spruce tree

26.

Check off the decomposers

a)

mushroom

b)

bacteria

c)

jellyfish

d)

worm

e)

rose

27.

Check off the herbivores

a)

lion

b)

dog

c)

koala

d)

rabbit

e)

grasshopper

28.

Check off the carnivores

a)

lion

b)

cricket

c)

hawk

d)

turtle

e)

owl

29.

Check off the omnivores

a)

humans

b)

dogs

c)

lion

d)

koala

30.

Check off everything that is biotic

a)

polar bear

b)

water

c)

rocks

d)

grass

e)

flowers

31.

Check off everything that is abiotic

a)

sun

b)

pebbles

c)

dog

d)

toad

e)

wind

32.

Which shows a path of food energy?

a)

sun-fish-plant-bear

b)

bear-fish-plant-sun

c)

sun-plant-fish-bear

d)

plant-fish-bear-sun

33.

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?

a)

Only the animals that eat the plants would die

b)

Only the plants would die

c)

All of the organisms in the lake would die

d)

All of the carnivores would die

34.

Which of these is an example of camouflage?

a)

A moth that looks and acts like a hummingbird

b)

A bear that sleeps in a cave all winter

c)

a colorful fish that lives in brightly colored coral

d)

An elephant uses its large ears to fan itself

35.

What does the wolf eat?

(a)  

36.

What does the grasshopper get its energy from?

(a)  

37.

Check of the producers

a)

snake

b)

grasshopper

c)

lavenders

d)

mangoes

e)

corn

38.

What two things eat the fruit fly?

a)

Wolf

b)

Dragonfly

c)

Frog

d)

Butterfly

e)

Thrush

39.

In the food web, what would happen to the rat if grasshoppers were taken out of the food web?

a)

The number of rats would increase

b)

The number of rats would decrease