WorksheetsScience Unit 6 Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Organisms that break down wastes and the remains of dead organisms are called:
producer
decomposer
predator
The gradual change of organisms in an ecosystem that follows an event such as a volcanic eruption is called:
conservation
food change
succession
The use of less of something to make its supply last longer is called:
conservation
succession
photosynthesis
A place in the environment that meets the need of an organism is called a(an)
enviroment
biome
habitat
home
An organism that makes its own food is called a(an)
consumer
producer
Plants make their own food through a process called:
photosynthesis
conservation
The transfer of food energy from one organism to the next is called a(an)
energy pyramid
food chain
conservation
A diagram that shows that energy is lost at each level in a food chain is called a(an)
food chain
energy pyramid
succession
decomposition
Which is the initial source of energy in most ecosystems?
sunlight
decomposers
nutrients in soil
oxygen in the air
Marc gets a pet rabbit for his birthday. He looks online and learns that rabbits are herbivores. Which of the following foods might he feed his pet rabbit?
meat scraps
lettuce
bacteria
dead insects
Carla wants to show how living things get energy. Which sequence is correct?
Decomposer → Consumer → Sunlight → Producer
Consumer → Sunlight → Producer → Decomposer
Producer → Decomposer → Producer → Consumer
Sunlight → Producer → Consumer → Decomposer
Which animal is a carnivore?
squirrel
mouse
snake
rabbit
An ecosystem includes the food chain. pine seed → mouse → snake → hawk. What would happen if all the mice died from a disease?
The snakes would eat pine seeds instead of mice.
The producers would stop making food.
The population of snakes would decrease.
The population of snakes would increase.
Sal is doing a report on photosynthesis. He draws a diagram to represent the materials used by plants to make food and the byproducts that this process produces. Which is correct?
sunlight+carbon dioxide+water → sugar + oxygen
sunlight+oxygen+ water → sugar+carbon dioxide
A new highway is planned to replace a pond habitat where a frog population lives. How will this change most likely affect the frog population?
The frog population will double.
The frog population will increase.
The frog will decrease.
The frog population will not change.
Emily is studying animals that live in marshes. She makes the following graphs to show how the number of fish and marsh birds changed in a certain area over time. Which most likely happened when the number of fish was highest?
The bird population began to decrease.
The birds moved away for lack of food.
The fish population continued for increase.
The bird population increased because there was more food.
