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ch. 4 science test

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

2. All the fish in a pond died. What will most likely happen to this ecosystem?

a)

The fish-eating animals will move to another pond.

b)

Flooding will cause the pond to increase in size.

c)

The animals in the ecosystem will all become herbivores.

d)

The pond will dry out to form a desert environment.

3.

3. Most food chains begin with a –

a)

predator

b)

large animal

c)

carnivore

d)

green plant

4.

4. What makes its own food using the sunlight, air, and water?

a)

predators

b)

people

c)

producers

d)

populations

5.

5. The ecosystem shown below is the home to what type of animals?

a)

river animals

b)

desert animals

c)

grassland animals

d)

forest animals

6.

Eastern cottontail rabbits are commonly found in forest communities eating grass, leafy greens, and shrubs. These rabbits can best be described as –

a)

carnivores living in an aquatic ecosystem

b)

producers living in a water-related ecosystem

c)

omnivores in a food chain

d)

herbivores in a terrestrial ecosystem

7.

7. Arrows in a food chain, always point to the organism-

a)

doing the eating

b)

on top of the food chain

c)

being eaten

d)

known as the producer

8.

8. Which THREE images are fresh-water ecosystems?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

9. An animal that hunts other animals is called a –

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

predator

d)

prey

10.

10. What would most likely explain why a black bear population would move away from a forest?

a)

The thick trees became too difficult for the bears to freely roam.

b)

There was so much rain that the bears could not get dry.

c)

All the trees in an area were cut down and used for lumber.

d)

Temperatures in the winter months were colder than usual.

11.

11. Chipmunks run quickly to hide when a hawk circles in the air. To the hawk, the chipmunk is –

a)

a producer

b)

its prey

c)

a consumer

d)

its ecosystem

12.

12. What term would best describe this consumer?

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

producer

d)

herbivore

13.

13. What are TWO living components in an ecosystem?

a)

sunlight

b)

plankton

c)

soil

d)

air

e)

decomposer

14.

What is the source of energy in this food chain?

a)

zebra

b)

sun

c)

consumer

d)

cheetah

15.

15. Ecosystems are complex and diverse. They –

a)

have more nonliving components than anything else

b)

protect habitats through conservation

c)

contain both living and nonliving components

d)

measure their success by the number of living creatures

16.

16. What are FOUR examples of aquatic ecosystems?

a)

marsh

b)

swamp

c)

grassland

d)

ocean

e)

river

17.

17. What are FOUR examples of terrestrial ecosystems?

a)

desert

b)

grassland

c)

marsh

d)

forest

e)

rainforest

18.

18. What THREE animals are part of a rainforest ecosystem?

a)

toucan

b)

deer

c)

lizard

d)

octopus

e)

monkey

19.

19. What terrestrial ecosystem is being described in the cause-and-effect chart?

a)

rainforest

b)

desert

c)

forest

d)

marsh

20.

This is an example of a -

a)

producer

b)

food chain

c)

carnivore

d)

habitat

21.

the monarch butterfly population was the greatest in -

a)

2014

b)

2016

c)

2018

d)

2020

22.

22. The monarch butterfly population was the least in -

a)

2014

b)

2016

c)

2018

d)

2020