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Ecosystems

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms in an area and their non-living parts
a)
a food chain
b)
a habitat
c)
an ecosystem
d)
a food web
2.
Living things or once living things in an ecosystem
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
c)
limiting factors
d)
carrying capacity
3.

Which picture shows a TUNDRA ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which picture shows a DESERT ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which picture does NOT show a WETLANDS ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

In which ecosystem will you find this food-chain?

a)

African grasslands

b)

Arctic tundra

c)

Amazon rain forest

d)

American wetlands (swamp)

7.

Which picture shows a change that humans made that is HELPFUL to their ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Humans change their ecosystem all the time. Most of these changes are harmful. How can we stop harming our environment?

a)

Continue to use fossil fuels for cars and vehicles.

b)

Make more green spaces in cities with lots of plants.

c)

Wear masks when we go outside.

d)

Continue to develop and build bigger cities.

9.

If you were a fish, in which ecosystem would you like to live?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

What kind of landforms are these?

a)

Grasslands

b)

Mountains

c)

Tundras

d)

Deserts

11.

What kind of area is this?

a)

Ocean

b)

Coastal

c)

Forest

d)

Mountains

12.

What kind of ecosystem is this?

a)

Rainforest

b)

Flatlands

c)

Wetlands

d)

Grasslands

13.

The area where the sea and land meet is called...

a)

...the grasslands

b)

...the desert

c)

...the coast

d)

...the ocean

14.

What are wetlands?

a)

Ecosystems that are full of water.

b)

Ecosystems that are on the ocean.

c)

Ecosystems that are extremely dry.

d)

Ecosystems that always hot.

15.

Which of the following are NOT considered one of the 5 main oceans?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Indian

c)

Antarctic

d)

American

16.

Tropical rainforests receive a lot of ________ throughout the year.

a)

lava

b)

snow

c)

precipitation

d)

visitors

17.

What kind of ecosystem is this?

a)

Grassland

b)

Desert

c)

Tundra

d)

Tropical rainforest

18.

What do you call the frigid zones where the areas are the coldest on Earth?

a)

arctic oceans

b)

tundras

c)

polar regions

d)

ice world

19.

Which of the following is not an ecosystem?

a)

Savanna

b)

Rain Forest

c)

Land

d)

Polar

20.
What does biodiversity mean?
a)
Only one species in an area.
b)
The different amount of species in an area
c)
All abiotic life
d)
Nitrogen fixation
21.

the weather pattern of an area over a long period of time

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

global grid

22.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
23.

Fossil Fuels are

a)

pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

b)

rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

24.

This fossil fuel has been created by the remains of plants and must be mined from deep within the Earth.

a)

oil

b)

coal

c)

natural gas

d)

solar

25.
Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...
a)
Urbanization
b)
Inflation
c)
Urban Center
d)
Influence
26.

mountains, plains, plateaus

a)

region

b)

landforms

c)

culture

d)

customs

27.
A political map shows you.....
a)
politicians in the area
b)
political parties
c)
country boundaries
d)
the states that Trump said voted illegally
28.
Which map would you use if you are not interested in humans, only the shape of the earth through rivers and mountains?
a)
political
b)
physical
c)
road
d)
historical
29.
You want to find the best location for a beach house, where the weather doesn't get too hot. Which map would you use?
a)
climate 
b)
physical
c)
political
d)
rich person's realty map
30.
Which map will help you if you want to find a faster way to work?
a)
Physical
b)
Political
c)
Topographic
d)
Road