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STAAR 5th grade Science Ecosystem Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem.

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

food lace

d)

food string

2.

An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism.

a)

Prey

b)

Carnivore

c)

Consumer

d)

Predator

3.

A community of living and non living things in their natural environment.

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

habitat

d)

jungle

4.

an organism that gets energy by using dead organisms, nonliving materials or waste as food

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

decay

5.

a living thing

a)

organism

b)

orange

c)

organic

d)

orangutan

6.

an inherited trait or learned behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

a)

camouflaged

b)

adaptation

c)

venomous

d)

webbed feet

7.

the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

food map

d)

food charm

8.

An animal that is hunted as food

a)

pray

b)

panther

c)

prey

d)

phantom

9.

A process by which animals use oxygen and food to make enrgy and carbon dioxide

a)

retired

b)

intimidation

c)

perspiration

d)

respiration

10.

an animal that gets energy by only eating plants

a)

carnivore

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

predator

11.

a gas produced by animals during respiration that plants use for photosynthesis

a)

methane

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

polio

12.

an increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effets on other organisms in he ecosystem

a)

pollution

b)

populaiton

c)

over and under

d)

overpopulation

13.

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

anythingore

14.

the process by where plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce sugar and release oxygen

a)

sugar

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

photosynthesis

15.

a gas produced by plants during photosynthesis that animals use for respiration

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

respiration

d)

predator

16.

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

consumer

d)

carnivore

17.

an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

photosynthesis

18.

What is the word that means: all the living that belong to the same species and live in the same area? (a)  

19.

What is the word for: an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms?

(a)