Free Printable Science 6 ILEARN Practice #18

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Science 6 ILEARN Practice #18

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

Plant

Sun

Deer

Wolf

What is the role of a producer?

Use sunlight to make food

Gain energy from eating other organisms

Keep other species from overpopulating

Breaking down dead stuff

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

Use sunlight to make food

Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

Break down dead stuff

Add nutrients to the soil

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

Use sunlight to make food

Eat other organisms to gain energy

Make the food for the whole food chain

Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

Which type of consumer eats plants only?

Herbivores

Omnivores

Carnivores

Scavengers

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

Producers

Herbivores

Carnivores

Omnivores

Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?

Herbivores

Carnivores

Omnivores

Plants

Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example what is a barn owl?

Herbivore/Predator

Carnivore/Prey

Carnivore/Predator

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

Plant

Rabbit

Mouse

Hawk

10.

Which of these is true about this food web?

The Owl gets its energy from the producer.

The Lion gets its energy only from a wild cat.

The Kite gets its energy from the goat.

The Mouse is most likely to die, several ways.

11.

Camouflage is an example of an ______________________ that a prey might have to survive.

Niche

Prey

Competition

Adaptation

12.

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

mutualism

commensalism

competition

parasitism

13.

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.

host, hostess

parasite, host

host, parasite

prey, predator

14.

Honey guide birds alerts and directs badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide bird eats. Both species benefit.

mutualism

commensalism

parasitim

15.

Humans are part of the ecosystem and therefore impact it. Which of the following events in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect?

Preventing deer from depleting food resources.

Restoring a natural habitat.

Wildlife rangers minimizing disturbances.

A lumber company clearing a forest.

16.

Alligators are the large predators that eat many of the smaller animals in a swamp. How might removing the alligators from a swamp habitat create a decrease in vegetation?

Meat-eating animals would begin eating plants.

The plants in the swamp would get more sunlight.

More plant-eating animals would survive.

Plants would not be able to spread their seeds.

17.

If humans over-hunted a population of insect-eating birds, what immediate change would likely be seen in the area?

Increased seedling germination

Increased populations of insects

Migration of small mammals

Severe loss of vegetation

18.

A meadow has too many rabbits. What would help balance this ecosystem?

more rain that grass needs

fewer foxes that eat rabbits

more foxes that eat rabbits

more grass for the rabbits to eat

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Science 6 ILEARN Practice #18

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

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