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Ecosystems - Living and Nonliving

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that is and/or was once-living

a)

Non-living

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Living

d)

Respiration

2.

Select ALL components that are living:

a)

robot

b)

tree

c)

cell phone

d)

polar bear

3.

Select ALL components that are non-living:

a)

dog

b)

yogurt

c)

water

d)

ice

4.

What does respiration refer to?

a)

The ability to move

b)

The ability to produce offspring

c)

The ability to breathe

d)

The ability to excrete waste from the body

5.

What does reproduction refer to?

a)

The ability to produce offspring

b)

The ability to breathe

c)

The ability to grow

d)

The ability to respond to the environment

6.

What does sensitivity refer to?

a)

The ability to grow

b)

The ability to respond to the environment

c)

The ability to move

d)

The ability to produce offspring

7.

What does nutrition refer to?

a)

Food

b)

growing

c)

twins

d)

breathing

8.

Choose ALL nonliving components:

a)

air

b)

owl

c)

soil

d)

leaf

9.

Select ALL living components:

a)

water

b)

bacteria

c)

fire

d)

fruit

10.

True or false?

Living things can stop growing AND will stop aging

a)

True

b)

False

11.

An ecosystem refers to:

a)

only living things

b)

All living and nonliving things in an area

c)

only nonliving things

12.

The relationship between living and living and/or nonliving things for survival is:

a)

interdependence

b)

niche

c)

organism

d)

reproduction

13.

The role of an organism in its ecosystem:

a)

once-living

b)

ecosystem

c)

excretion

d)

niche

14.

How do plants and animals depend on each other?

a)

Plants give off carbon dioxide and animals breathe it in

b)

Plants give off oxygen and animals breathe it in

c)

Animals give off air and plants breathe it in

d)

Animals give off carbon dioxide and plants breathe in air

15.

In all ecosystems, there are living and nonliving things that make up an environment. Which list shoes ONLY living things?

a)

Earthworm, cactus, prairie dog

b)

Cactus, bacteria, sand

c)

Bacteria, carbon dioxide, prairie dog

d)

Soil, sunlight, earthworm