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FOSS Living Systems: Investigation 1

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of Earth's spheres includes rocks and sediments?
a)
hydrosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
geosphere
d)
atmosphere
2.
Which sphere includes Earth's water?
a)
biosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
geosphere
d)
hydrosphere
3.
Which of these is part of the atmosphere?
a)
rocks
b)
rivers
c)
Earth's core
d)
gases
4.
Which of Earth's spheres are these bees part of?
a)
atmosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
geosphere
d)
hydrosphere
5.
This diagram is a model of which of these?
a)
food web
b)
food pyramid
c)
food chain
d)
life cycle
6.
The overlapping of food chains results in a ________.
a)
woven chain
b)
braided chain
c)
food web
d)
food nest
7.

Which of these is/are a consumer(s)?

a)
sun
b)
human
c)

cow

d)
plants
8.
When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?
a)
a decomposer
b)
an apex predator
c)
a producer
d)
prey
9.
Plants are considered _________ because they make their own food.
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
makers
d)
decomposers
10.
A grasshopper that eats the seeds of a plant is considered to be a _____________.
a)
producer
b)
decomposer
c)
consumer
d)
predator
11.

What is a community of interacting organisms and their environment called?

a)

ecosystem

b)

life cycle

c)

ecosphere

d)

habitat

12.

When sunlight is removed, what dies first in the picture?

a)

algae

b)

shrimp

c)

bacteria

d)

all of the above

13.

What makes a healthy ecosystem?

a)

equilibrium

b)

invasive species

c)

no decomposers

d)

balance

14.
Organisms that produce their own food and are at the bottom of the food chain are called ___________
a)
producers
b)
ecosystem
c)
decomposers
d)
consumers
15.
_____________ are organisms that eat other organisms.
a)
producers
b)
ecosystem
c)
decomposers
d)
consumers
16.
Which of the following organisms is a decomposer?
a)
Blueberry
b)
Coyote
c)
Snowshoe Hare
d)
Bacteria
17.

What are the four sub systems of the Earth?

a)

water, clouds, animals, water vapor

b)

geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere

c)

rocks, minerals, water, soil

d)

producers, consumers, decomposers, scavengers

18.

Which of the following are producers shown in the food web?

a)

fox

b)

grass

c)

blackberry

d)

mouse

e)

rabbit

19.

Which of the following organisms are consumers?

a)

fox

b)

grass

c)

blackberry

d)

mouse

e)

owl

20.

Which of the following pictures correctly illustrates a food chain?

a)
b)
c)
21.

Organisms that clean up the ecosystems by breaking down waste are...

a)

Omnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Decomposers

22.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
23.

What organism is missing from this food web?

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

none are missing

24.

Which organism in the food web is the only producer?

a)

grasshopper

b)

rabbit

c)

grass

d)

rat

25.

All the organisms in the food web, except the grass, are

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

d)

consumers

26.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
27.

What does the snake eat?

a)

frog

b)

hawk

c)

mushroom

d)

grasshopper

28.

Select the producers.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
29.

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose the living things that are producers...

a)

wildflowers

b)

rabbit

c)

snake

d)

grass

30.

Place the organisms in the correct category.

Categorize the following

Sunflower

Cougar

Mouse

Raccoon

Snake

Producer
Consumer
31.
What would happen in this food chain if the grass suddenly died?
a)
Snakes would die.
b)
Frogs would increase.
c)
Everything would die.
d)
Hawks would decrease.
32.
All food webs and food chains begin with _________________.
a)
primary consumer
b)
producers
c)
secondary consumers
d)
predators
33.

Using the food web, choose the organisms in the correct order.

a)

microscopic plants > water fleas > small fish > perch

b)

microscope plants > perch > water flease > small fish

c)

perch > waterboatmen > small fish > tadpoles

d)

microscopic plants > tadpoles > water boatman > perch

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