WorksheetsEcosystem Unit Test Practice
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 56mins
Choose the correct word below that means
"eats or consumes producers or other consumers"
producers
decomposers
consumers
herbivores
Animal that eats ONLY meat are called _________________.
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
producers
_____________________ are made up of multiple food chains.
Food webs
Mutualism
Herbivores
Ecosystems
_________________ includes all living (plants and animals) and nonliving things (rocks and soil)
Food Webs
Food Chains
Ecosystems
Adaptations
________________ an organism that is living or was once living (bio = LIFE)
Abiotic
Biotic
_____________ things that were never living (a = NOT ALIVE)
Biotic
Abiotic
______________ are the producers located at the bottom of the food chain.
Lions
Caterpillars
Snakes
Plants
What are the organisms that break down plant or animal remains called?
Parasites
Producers
Decomposers
Consumers
What are the organisms that are introduced into a new ecosystem called?
Invasive species
Producers
Ants
Lions
Who is at the top of the food chain?
Sun
Grass
Decomposer
Apex consumer
______________ are the animals that eat ONLY plants.
Apex consumer
Herbivores
Producers
Carnivores
What is the relationship or the interaction between organisms in an ecosystem called?
Friendship
Parasitism
Symbiosis
Food chain
Who produces their own food (green plants)?
Consumers
Decomposers
Producers
An example of a biotic organism is:
*may be more than one answer*
soil
bacteria
rock
animals
An example of an Abiotic organism is:
*may be more than one answer*
sunlight
soil
human
rock
What are the 3 types of symbiosis (symbiotic relationships)?
Parasitism, Commensalism, Mutualism
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
Parasitism, Commensalism, Decomposer
Mutualism, Parasitism, Friendship
Which symbiotic relationship is when one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed or helped?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Which symbiotic relationship is when one organism is benefitting while the other is harmed?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Which symbiotic relationship is when both organisms are benefitting?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
What is an example of Mutualism?
Barnacle and whale
Dog and flea
Cat and tick
Bee and flower
What is an example of Commensalism?
crocodile and plover bird
clownfish and sea anemone
human and mosquito
ant and acacia plant
What is an example of Parasitism?
Bee and flower
Cattle and egret bird
Human and tick
Whale and barnacles
A ______________ is the organism that is harming another organism; lives on and takes energy from another organism (example: tick or flea)
Host
parasite
A _________________ is the organism that is being harmed; parasite lives on the host and takes energy from the host (example: dog or cat
parasite
host
A _____________ shows the transfer of energy within an ecosystem.
food web
food chain
A __________________ is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
food web
food chain
Looking at this image, during photosynthesis what are the things that the plant/flower is taking in or receiving?
*more than one answer*
oxygen
sugars
water
carbon dioxide
sunlight
Looking at this image, during photosynthesis what are the things that the plant/flower is releasing?
*more than one answer*
oxygen
sugars
sunlight
carbon dioxide
water
