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Changes in Ecosystems: Lesson 1

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To avoid very cold temperatures when the seasons change, some animals

a)

migrate

b)

use camouflage

c)

use mimicry

2.

Which of the following is NOT likely to be found in a food chain of a woodland forest?

a)

A rabbit eats grass

b)

A hawk eats a rabbit

c)

A deer eats a fox

3.

A _________________ is made up of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

a)

food pyramid

b)

hunting circle

c)

food web

4.

Which is one way humans endanger animals?

a)

Building national parks

b)

clearing rain forests

c)

passing laws to control hunting.

5.

Five hundred field mice live in a meadow. There is only enough food to feed 350 of them. How many field mice must move or they will die?

a)

50

b)

150

c)

250

6.

Which could happen if people introduced a new animal into an environment?

a)

The environment will not be affected.

b)

Other animals will create pollution

c)

The animal uses up resources

7.

Which is NOT a reason that an organism can become endangered?

a)

People have destroyed its environment

b)

The organism's climate has changed

c)

The organism migrates in the winter.

8.

True or False Animals survive better in their own environments. When changes happen to their own environment it can hurt them.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Prairie dogs keep the grass short on the prairie. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where does the first organism in most food chains get their energy?

a)

land

b)

water

c)

sun

11.

An individual organism's response to change in its environment is called

a)

organism

b)

accomodation

c)

food web

d)

food chain

12.

Check all that apply.Park Rangers take care of the following.

a)

animals

b)

plants

c)

oceans

d)

people

13.

A _________________ is made up of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

food pyramid

c)

predator map

d)

hunting circle

14.

El Nino causes different weather events such as heavy rains, floods, and droughts. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is a native species?

a)

A species that just migrated to a new place.

b)

A species that has been somewhere a long time.

c)

A species that keeps traveling to different environments

16.

This person checks to make sure the trees and animals in the park are healthy and that people are safe.

a)

zoologist

b)

marine biologist

c)

park ranger

17.

When animals move from one place to another they

a)

migrate

b)

ecosystem

c)

food web

d)

pollution

18.

This is what happens when harmful materials get into water, air, or land

a)

accomodation

b)

food web

c)

pollution

19.

A model of the order in which living things get the food they need

a)

food web

b)

organism

c)

ecosystem

d)

food chain

20.

All the members of one kind or type of organism in an ecosystem

a)

population

b)

migrate

c)

food web

21.

The living and nonliving things that interact in an environment

a)

accomodation

b)

ecosystem

c)

migrate

22.

The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

organism

c)

population

23.

Any plant or living thing is known as an

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

pollution

d)

accommodation

24.

What is an example of a large change to an ecosystem?

a)

rabbit eating a piece of grass

b)

small plants grow after people cut down trees

c)

a forest fire