WorksheetsEcosystems and Energy Flow
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is an Ecosystem?
The upper most layer of the ocean where phytoplankton live, which produces 50-85% of earths oxygen.
A star and all of the objects gravitationally bound to it.
A system for measuring life in an small area or territory.
A community of organisms interacting with each other and their environment.
Energy moves around an ecosystem cyclically just like carbon or water.
True
False
How do plants use the energy from the sun to produce biomass?
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Autotroph
Heterotroph
What are Biomes?
Possible locations of life in our solar system.
Places on earth devoid of life.
Horticultural sections of the International space station.
Habitats with similar characteristics.
Which biome are you more likely to find by the equator?
Desert
Rainforest
Tundra
Savana
What biome receives the least amount of rain?
Desert
Rainforest
Tundra
Savana
Traveling north or south from the equator, what biome are you more likely to see next?
Desert
Rainforest
Tundra
Savana
Which of these biomes would you be more likely to see as temperatures drop below freezing for much of the year?
Desert
Rainforest
Tundra
Savana
What would happen to a tropical rain forest if you remove just the big trees?
When the big trees are gone the nutrient cycle gets disrupted.
Acid rain bleaches the soil making it impossible to grow anything.
Rain has no place go to so it pools and can grow into a thriving lake.
The heat reflected off the open area creates an updraft for birds to hunt prey all day.
It is possible to farm in tropical rainforests in a sustainable way.
True
False
What is the Biosphere?
A small sphere with water and fish in it that goes on your desk.
The places on Earth that contain life.
The level of taxonomy above domain.
The area of Earth from the upper atmosphere to the solid iron core.
