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Ecosystems and Organisms

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eagles nest high in dead trees. All of the dead trees in an area are knocked down during a flash flood. Why does the number of eagles in the area decrease?

a)

the eagles start nesting in live trees instead of dead trees

b)

the eagles no longer have a good place to build nests

c)

the eagles have more materials with which to build nests

d)

the eagles start nesting on the ground instead of in dead trees

2.

A child has brown hair like his mother.

a)

Inherited Trait

b)

Acquired Behavior

c)

Instinct

3.

You play video games when you are home with the flu.

a)

Inherited Trait

b)

Acquired Behavior

c)

Instinct

4.

The arrows in the food chain show_______.

a)

The path that the nutrients flow

b)

Animals in order of size

c)

Animals in alphabetical order

d)

They are there for decoration

5.

The food web below shows energy being directly transferred from each organisms?

a)

Grasshopper and Fox

b)

Owl and Snake

c)

Bird and Grasshopper

d)

Rabbit and Snake

6.

What is the role of the rabbit?

a)

It passes energy to the tree.

b)

It passes energy to the mouse.

c)

It receives energy from the jackal.

d)

It passes energy to the jackal.

7.
a)

Both the frog and dog go through the same stages of their life cycle.

b)

The dog goes through more changes in their life cycle than the frog.

c)

The frog goes through more changes in their life cycle than the dog.

d)

The frog and dog are the same organism.

8.

Is the shape of a leaf an inherited trait or learned behavior?

a)

Inherited trait

b)

Learned behavior

9.

Which component of the ecosystem would decrease if the cactus was cut down?

a)

pollution

b)

sunlight

c)

shelter

d)

decomposers

10.

What is the main source of energy for all the plants in the diagram?

a)

The watering can

b)

The human

c)

The Sun

d)

The soil

11.

Looking at the chart below what type of organism is the Alaskan brown bear?

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Decomposer

12.

Observe the food chain below. What would be the result of disease killing off most of the mouse population?

a)

All populations would be relatively unaffected

b)

The grasshoppers would become extinct

c)

The grasshopper population would decrease; the owl population would increase

d)

The grasshopper population would increase and the owl population would decrease

13.

What is Acquired Behavior?

a)

something that you are taught or have learned to do

b)

Something you see.

14.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

Something that you learned how to do.

b)

Something that you are born with.

15.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

A place where only animals (living things) interact with other living things only.

b)

a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.

16.

What is an environment?

a)

all the living and non-living in an area.

b)

Where animals live.

17.

What is a producer?

a)

They eat other organism for energy.

b)

They make their own food, which creates energy for them to grow, reproduce and survive.

18.

What is a decomposer?

a)

They break down organic material, EX Fungi.

b)

They eat living organisms.

19.

What is a consumer?

a)

An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to lack of the ability to manufacture own food from inorganic sources; a heterotroph.

b)

an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

20.

What is a food chain?

a)

a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

b)

A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.

21.

What is a food web?

a)

A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community

b)

a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

22.

What is a living thing?

a)

anything that was never alive.

b)

they respire, move, respond to stimuli, reproduce and grow, and are dependent on their environment.

23.

What is a non living thing?

a)

they respire, move, respond to stimuli, reproduce and grow, and are dependent on their environment.

b)

anything that was never alive.

24.

What is shelter?

a)

A place where animals hide.

b)

covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger.

25.

What is a habitat?

a)

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

b)

A place where an animal lives.

26.

An organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Herbivore

27.

Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Carnivore

28.

All the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other

a)

Producers

b)

Life cycle

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Environment

29.

An organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related word: consume)

a)

Carnivore

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Consumer

30.

An animal that eats only other animals.

a)

Consumer

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

31.

A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

a)

Food web

b)

Food system

c)

Food chain

d)

Food diagram

32.

An animal that consumes only plants

a)

Carnivore

b)

Decomposer

c)

Omnivore

d)

Herbivore

33.

An animal that eats plants as well as other animals

a)

Onmivores

b)

Decomposers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

34.

A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

a)

Food web

b)

Food system

c)

Food chain

d)

Food channel

35.

Which ecosystem will you find a polar bear, seal, and penguin?

a)

Tundra

b)

Ocean

c)

Rainforest

d)

Desert

36.

What do scientist study to determine long term adaptations and changes?

a)

Maps

b)

Tree rings

c)

Food webs

d)

Fossils

37.

The ___________ is the temperature and rainfall in an ecosystem.

a)

living things

b)

precipitation

c)

climate

d)

habitat

38.

The process by which the characteristics of a species change over many generations in response to the environment

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Transformation

d)

Adaptation

39.

An organism, such as a plant that makes its own food.

a)

biotic factor

b)

abiotic factor

c)

terrestrial

d)

producer

40.

an organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms into simpler substances

a)

food chain

b)

decomposer

c)

consumer

d)

aquatic

41.

the path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food.

a)

food chain

b)

decomposer

c)

consumer

d)

aquatic

42.

the food chains that overlap in an ecosystem

a)

food chain

b)

decomposer

c)

food web

d)

aquatic

43.

A consumer that eats meat only

a)

carnivore

b)

decomposer

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

44.

A consumer that eats plants only

a)

carnivore

b)

decomposer

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

45.

A consumer that eats plants and animals

a)

carnivore

b)

decomposer

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

46.

All energy in all ecosystems on earth first comes from

a)

the sun

b)

plants

c)

water

d)

animals

47.

Photosynthesis occurs in the world's ocean mainly by these microorganisms.

a)

phytoplankton

b)

oxygen

c)

fish

d)

bears

48.

What gas does photosynthesis produce that animals must have to survive?

a)

methane

b)

butane

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

49.

Which organisms would receive less energy if rabbits disappeared from this ecosystem?

a)

toads

b)

hawks

c)

snakes

d)

grasses

50.

What would most likely happen if farmers started using pesticides that killed the insects living above the ground?

a)

the flowering plant population would increase

b)

the rat population would decrease

c)

the snake population would increase

d)

the corn population would decrease

51.

Which food chain model shows an example of how energy moves through an ecosystem? (flow left to right)

a)

tree leaves - caterpillar- toucan - puma

b)

mushroom - redwood tree - raccoon - black bear

c)

worm - carrot - chipmunk - hawk

d)

plant plankton - dolphin - shrimp - mackerel

52.

A student is developing a model of a prairie ecosystem.

Sun -- grass -- ?? -- snake -- owl

What organism could the student use to finish their model and replace the ??

a)

aspen trees

b)

buffalo

c)

foxes

d)

prairie dog

53.

How would scientists model a food chain to show the flow of energy in a desert ecosystem? (flow left to right)

a)

lizards -- cacti -- Sun -- insects -- foxes

b)

Sun -- cacti -- insects -- lizards -- foxes

c)

foxes -- lizards -- insects -- cacti -- Sun

d)

insects -- Sun -- cacti -- foxes -- lizards

54.

What would most likely happen to the populations of organisms in a forest ecosystem if there were no rain for a long period of time?

a)

grass and tree populations would increase because they only need sunlight and soil to get nutrients

b)

all the populations in the forest would remain the same because the amount of rainfall only affects non-living factors

c)

hawk and rabbit populations would increase because they would not have to compete with plant populations for water

d)

all the forest populations would decrease because producers would not be able to survive to supply nutrients to consumers

55.

Which of the following would MOST LIKELY lead to a decrease in the mouse population?

a)

an increase in the number of decomposers

b)

an increase in the deer and frog populations

c)

a decrease in the snake and hawk populations

d)

a decrease in the amount of available sunlight

56.

According to the diagram, the owl receives energy directly from the ...

a)

hawk

b)

grass

c)

grasshopper

d)

frog

57.

Which organism will be negatively effected by a decrease in the mouse population?

a)

grass

b)

cricket

c)

hawk

d)

deer

58.

What is the meaning of the word "community" in science?

a)

all of the living things in a place

b)

a place where only plants live

c)

all of the nonliving things in a place

d)

a place where only people live together