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Ecosystem Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An aquatic plant that floats on top of water is called_______________

a)

hogwort

b)

duckweed

c)

hornwort

d)

algae

2.

What is a community of living organisms with the nonliving and living components of their environment?

a)

plants

b)

forest

c)

biosphere

d)

ecosystem

3.

What is a rootless thin-stemmed aquatic herb?

a)

hogwarts

b)

cornwort

c)

hornwort

d)

wart

4.

A colorless. transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms is __________.

a)

milk

b)

water

c)

hydrogen

d)

oxygen

5.

A small tropical minnow often kept in aquariums is a __________.

a)

guppy

b)

snail

c)

goldfish

d)

salmon

6.

Small mollusks with a spiral shell and that include some living on land and some living in water are ______________.

a)

shrimp

b)

crabs

c)

snails

d)

lobster

7.

The non-living things in an ecosystem are ____________.

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

green

d)

dead

8.

A method of growing plants without soil is_______________.

a)

gardening

b)

hydroelectric

c)

hydroponics

d)

aquatic

9.

The process by which plants use energy from the sun to make sugar, oxygen, water, & carbon dioxide

a)

chlorophyll

b)

photograph

c)

photosynthesis

d)

cooking

10.

Green pigment found in plants and algae

a)

chlorophyll

b)

algae

c)

pollen

d)

food coloring

11.

An organism that makes its own food. (example- plant)

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

composer

12.

An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

a)

consumer

b)

composer

c)

decomposer

d)

producer

13.

an organism that gets energy from breaking down waste from dead plants and animals

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

deconsumer

14.

What do living things need for survival?

a)

air, water, sunlight

b)

soil, water, sunlight

c)

soil, air, food

d)

soil, plants, candy

15.

Two sources of energy for all living things are

a)

sunlight and food

b)

soil and coffee

c)

sugar and food

d)

soil and candy

16.

All the living things in an ecosystem are ______________.

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

rocks

d)

leaves