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Life Science test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If mice eat both acorns and insects they are called

a)

herbivores

b)

scavengers

c)

carnivores

d)

omnivores

2.

Which of these consumers is an herbivore?

a)

lion

b)

deer

c)

spider

d)

snake

3.

If a frog eats a grasshopper that eats grass, the frog is a

a)

producer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

primary consumer

d)

decomposer

4.

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web is called

a)

food chain

b)

energy pyramid

c)

ecosystem

d)

niche

5.

In an energy pyramid, which level has the most available energy?

a)

producer level

b)

primary consumer level

c)

secondary consumer level

d)

tertiary consumer level

6.

How much energy is passed to the next energy level when a cow eats grass?

a)

10%

b)

25 %

c)

63%

d)

90%

7.

An organism that can make its own food is called a

a)

consumer

b)

decomposer

c)

producer

d)

scavenger

8.

Which of the following is a biotic factor in the prairie ecosystem?

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Soil

d)

Grass

9.

The place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs is called its a

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

species

d)

community

10.

Which of the following is an example of a population?

a)

the cats and dogs in your neighborhood

b)

the bushes and grass in a park

c)

the rocks in a rock collection

d)

the gray wolves in a forest

11.

The struggle for food between lions and hyenas is called

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

symbiosis

d)

parasitism

12.

To carry out photosynthesis, algae and plants use the abiotic factors sunlight, water, and

a)

salt

b)

bacteria

c)

soil

d)

carbon dioxide

13.

Which of the following describes an interaction in which one animal kills and eats another?

a)

competition

b)

symbiosis

c)

predation

d)

mutualism

14.

Which of the following is an example of a predator adaptation?

a)

a porcupine’s needles

b)

a plant’s poisonous chemicals

c)

a shark’s powerful jaws

d)

frog’s bright colors

15.

When a flea is living on a dog, the dog is the

a)

parasite

b)

predator

c)

host

d)

prey

16.

A hawk building its nest on an arm of a saguaro cactus is an example of

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

predation

17.

If a disease caused one-fourth of the deer population to die, how would the rabbit population most likely be affected?

a)

The rabbit population would get smaller

b)

The rabbit population would get larger

c)

The rabbit population would stay the same

d)

The rabbit population would disappear

18.

Which of the following is not a decomposer?

a)

Mushroom

b)

Bacteria

c)

Algae

d)

Earthworms

19.

What will happen to native fish if an invasive species that is better at eating the zooplankton and phytoplankton is introduced into their lake?

a)

the native fish population will go down

b)

the native fish might start eating the invasive species

c)

the native fish population will die out

d)

all of the answers are possible

20.

Hummingbirds get energy from nectar in flowers. The flowers are pollinated. They both benefit. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

predation