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Unit 2: Ecosystems

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 11hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A(n) ___________ is a community and its physical environment together.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Environment

c)

Habitat

d)

Animal

2.

A(n)  ____________ is an environment that meets the needs of an organism.

a)

Environment

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Habitat

d)

Consumer

3.

A(n) ________ is all of the living and nonliving things surrounding an organism

a)

Environment

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Habitat

d)

Producer

4.

Click on ALL the resources living things need to survive.

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

Space

d)

Humans

5.

The main source of energy for ecosystems.

a)

Sun

b)

Habitat

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

6.

A series of organisms that depend on one another for food.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Chain

d)

Food Web

7.

A group of food chains that overlap.

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Producer

d)

Consumer

8.

A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

9.

A living thing that can't make its own food and must eat other living things.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

10.

 A living thing that feeds on the wastes of other animals.

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Ecosystem

11.

describes a nonliving part of an ecosystem.

(ex: sun, water, rocks)

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

12.

Describes a living part of an ecosystem.

(ex: plants and animals)

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

13.

How does a plant get energy?

a)

Water, Air, and Sun

b)

Water and Sun

c)

Sun only

14.

"The white owl eats the field mouse." Which animal is the prey?

a)

The Mouse

b)

The Owl

15.

A tiger is a ________.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

16.

An animal that eats plants only.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

17.

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

18.

An animal that only eats other animals.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

19.

A mushroom is a ________.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

20.

The cat ate the squirrel. Which animal is the predator?

a)

The Squirrel

b)

The Cat

21.

The arrows in the food chain show_______.

a)

The flow of energy from one organism to another.

b)

Animals in order of size.

c)

Animals in alphabetical order.

d)

It doesn't really matter where the arrows go, it just looks pretty.

22.

An Elephant is a _____________.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

23.

A sunflower is a _________.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

24.

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food.

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

25.

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

26.

When a living thing makes more of itself.

a)

Survive

b)

Living

c)

Reproduce

d)

Environment

27.

When a living thing is able to meet their needs.

a)

Survive

b)

Nonliving

c)

Reproduce

d)

Environment

28.

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy

a)

Food Chain

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

d)

Ecosystem

29.

A living thing

a)

organism

b)

Tundra

c)

food chain

d)

survive

30.

Consumers need __________ in order to survive.

a)

consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

scavengers

31.

What happens to dead leaves that fall in the forest?

a)

It will stay the same unless it gets burned by a fire.

b)

It will decompose and become part of the soil.

c)

It will grow into a small tree.

d)

It will grow and change into grass.

32.

Why are decomposers important in a food web?

a)

They create homes for other animals.

b)

They use the energy from the sun to make food for other animals.

c)

They break down dead plants and animals.

d)

They are food for consumers.

33.

Which of the following is considered to be the end of a food chain?

a)

sunlight

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

decomposer

34.

sun-->plant --> caterpillar--> bird--> snake

What is the source of energy for the producer?

a)

sun

b)

plant

c)

caterpillar

d)

snake

35.

Which of the following may cause the extinction of a species?

a)

There were not enough decomposers.

b)

Their food source became scarce.

c)

There was an abundance of producers.

d)

There was an abundance of food available.

36.

If the food supply for deer decreases, the deer population will probably?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the Same

37.

The grass get eaten by the rabbit and the rabbit gets eaten by the hawk.

What is the producer in this sentence?

a)

rabbit

b)

grass

c)

hawk

38.

An ocean food chain contains algae, fish, and sharks.

What would happen to the fish population if you remove the sharks.

a)

The fish population would increase.

b)

The fish population will decrease.

c)

There will be more algae.

d)

There would be more sharks.

39.

Gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere.

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

hydrogen

d)

carbon dioxide

40.

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

a)

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

b)

Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

c)

Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation

41.

What is precipitation?

a)

Sweat from our bodies on hot days.

b)

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet.

c)

Gas that we use in furnaces.

d)

Any form of water that falls from the sky.

42.

Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

a)

heats up and becomes liquid water.

b)

cools off and becomes liquid water.

c)

freezes and becomes ice.

d)

rains on the land.

43.

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through which process?

a)

evaporation

b)

sublimation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

44.

When water deos not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes __________.

a)

sublimation

b)

runoff

45.

Two hydrogen atoms plus one oxygen atom creates:

a)

water (H2O)

b)

Breathing (O2)

c)

Nitrogen (N)

d)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)