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What are ecosystems? gr 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An environment is
a)
the place an animal or plant lives
b)
all of one kind of organism living in the same area
c)
everything that surrounds a living thing
2.
An ecosystem is...
a)
all of one kind of organism in a n area
b)

all of the living and nonliving things in a place that interact with each other

c)
everything that surrounds a living thing
3.

Which of the following is not a type of ecosystem?

a)

table

b)

ocean

c)

desert

d)

rainforest

4.

Which of the following types of ecosystems would be the best one for a frog?

a)

ocean

b)

mountain

c)

pond

d)

desert

5.
Which of the following ecosystems would be the best for a camel?
a)
desert
b)
forest
c)
ocean
d)
river
6.

Interact means to _________________.

a)

act together

b)

grow

c)

build a home

d)

hide

7.

Yoanna travelled to Yellowstone National Park. She found an eagle, grey wolf, and bison? Which region would it be?

a)

grasslands

b)

desert

c)

rainforest

d)

ocean

8.

Malek observes all the populations that live in the same place. They make up a /an ______________.

a)

community

b)

ecosystem

c)

habitat

d)

ocean

9.

What is a population?

a)

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

b)

All the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem.

c)

The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

d)

The things both living and non living that surround a living thing.

10.

Habiba observes desert ecosystem. Why do very few plants grow in the desert?

a)

the soil is dry and it does not rain much there

b)

there is not enough animals

c)

there is too much rainfall

11.
What do we call the place where an animal lives?
a)
Home
b)
Habitat
c)
Community 
d)
Population 
12.

Three things that can be found in an ocean ecosystem are:

a)

deer, frogs and trees

b)

sand, coral reef and fish

c)

sharks, coral reef and flowers

d)

snakes, trees and coral

13.

Salt water makes up most of:

a)

The Earth

b)

The Moon

c)

Mars

d)

Hurghada

14.

Which animal can be found in a desert ecosystem?

a)

fish

b)

deer

c)

kangaroo rat

d)

panda

15.

Helen draws two animals that could be found in a rainforest. They are:

a)

zebra and lion

b)

toucan and leopard

c)

clown fish and shark

d)

polar bear and seal

16.

All of these can be sources of freshwater ecosystem EXCEPT -

a)

rivers

b)

oceans

c)

lakes

d)

ponds

17.
What source of water covers most of the Earth's surface?
a)
Lakes
b)
Rivers
c)
Streams
d)
Oceans
18.

If you were a shark, in which ecosystem would you live in?

a)

river ecosystem

b)

saltwater ecosystem

c)

rainforest ecosystem

d)

mountain ecosystem

19.

Cattails and water lilies live near or on this freshwater ecosystem.

a)

pond

b)

ocean

c)

river

d)

desert

20.

The place in a forest where a bear lives is called its .....

a)

population

b)

community

c)

adaptation

d)

habitat

21.

Identify ecosystem:

a)

ocean

b)

mountain

c)

desert

d)

river