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Ecosystems & Food Chains

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   is all the living and non-living things that exist and interact in one place.

2.

All the members of one kind of plant or animal is called (a)   ?

3.

A living thing that makes its own food is called a _____?

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

consumer

d)

scarcity

4.

______ are organisms that break down the remains of dead animals.

a)

Producers

b)

Comsumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Ecosystems

5.

(a)   shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem and begins with producers.

6.

Two or more food chains that overlap are called_____?

a)

scarcity

b)

ecosystems

c)

producers

d)

food webs

7.

_____ occurs when a plant or animal is in short supply.

a)

Producers

b)

Scarcity

c)

Food Web

d)

Extinct

8.

When there is a large number of plants, animals, and other items _____ occurs.

a)

scarcity

b)

population

c)

overabundance

d)

extinct

9.

______ occurs when a species of plants or animals no longer exist.

a)

Population

b)

Food web

c)

Scarcity

d)

Extinction

10.

Which set is an example of consumers?

a)

grass, trees, flowers

b)

fungi, bacteria, worms

c)

humans, dogs, snakes

d)

vegetables & fruits

11.

Which are examples of producers?

a)

hawks, cats, alligators

b)

grass, flowers, tress

c)

fungi, worms, bacteria

d)

humans & animals

12.

Which are examples of decomposers?

a)

fungi, bacteria, worms

b)

hawks, snakes, humans

c)

flowers, trees, grass

d)

vegetables and fruits

13.

A population of rabbits graze on clover in a field. If the rabbits leave the field to move to another environment, what will likely happen to the clover?

a)

Overabundance

b)

Scarcity

14.

Deer eat small berries in the forest. If the forest experiences a drought and most of the plants die, what will likely happen to the population of deer?

a)

Overabundance

b)

Scarcity

15.

There is a population of snakes living in a garden. If a population of hawks move into the trees above the garden, what will likely happen to the snake population?

a)

Overabundance

b)

Scarcity

16.

After increased rainfall and hot weather, the worm population in a pond community grew much larger. Fish eat the worms to survive. How might the fish population change? 

a)

Overabundance

b)

Scarcity