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Energy in the Ecosystem

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What four things does a forest ecosystem need a balance of?

a)

Food, shelter, and animlas.

b)

Sun, moisture, temperature, and soil nutrition.

c)

Trees, flowers, sunlight, and rain.

d)

Nutrients, plants, sun, and animals.

2.

What are organisims that can't make their own food, called?

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

herbivores

3.

A carnivore eats_______&________.

a)

peas, carrots

b)

bugs, strawberries

c)

mice, birds

d)

fungi, grass

4.

What role does fungi play in the food chain?

a)

Fungi cannot be digested.

b)

Fungi make owl pellets.

c)

Fungi grow from the ground to provide sheler to animals.

d)

Fungi recycles all the wastes and remains back into the ecosystem.

5.

Describe a food chain.

a)

A food chain is the path that energy takes from one organisim to another.

b)

A food chain is a link of foods.

c)

A food chain is a chain of plants and animals.

6.

Name an example of an omnivore from the selection.

a)

a vole

b)

a fungi

c)

hickory tree

d)

a vulture

7.

How can a drought affect an ecosystem?

a)

A drought would only cause animals to die, not plants.

b)

A drought would bring large amounts of rain for plants to grow.

c)

A drought would cause plant life to die and then animals wouldn't be able to eat.

8.

What role does an owl play in the forest food chain?

a)

An owl is a decomposer that only eats fungi.

b)

An owl is a herbivore that only eats flowers.

c)

The owl is a bird that flies

d)

The owl is a consumer that eats only other animals.

9.

How are owl pellets an important part of the forest ecosystem?

a)

Owl pellets provide food and shelter for some insects and fungi.

b)

thug

c)

ugh

d)

bug