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DLD Science Review December 6

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms that make their own food are called...

a)

Decomposers

b)

Consumers

c)

Producers

d)

Creators

2.

Organisms that have to eat other organisms for energy because they are unable to create their own are called...

a)

Consumers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Producers

d)

Animals

3.

Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead or decaying organisms are called...

a)

Breakers

b)

Consumers

c)

Producers

d)

Decomposers

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.

Humans are part of the ecosystem and therefore impact it. Which of the following events in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect?

a)

Preventing deer from depleting food resources.

b)

Restoring a natural habitat.

c)

Wildlife rangers minimizing disturbances.

d)

A lumber company clearing a forest.

6.

Alligators are the large predators that eat many of the smaller animals in a swamp. How might removing the alligators from a swamp habitat create a decrease in vegetation?

a)

Meat-eating animals would begin eating plants.

b)

The plants in the swamp would get more sunlight.

c)

More plant-eating animals would survive.

d)

Plants would not be able to spread their seeds.

7.

A meadow has too many rabbits. What would help balance this ecosystem?

a)

more rain that grass needs

b)

fewer foxes that eat rabbits

c)

more foxes that eat rabbits

d)

more grass for the rabbits to eat

8.

The arrows in a food chain show the flow of __________.

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

time

9.

The diagram shows a grassland food chain. If the mice are removed from this food chain, which animal population would most likely be affected first?

a)

Plant seeds

b)

Field Mice

c)

Snakes

d)

Mountain Lions

10.

A push or pull on an object

a)

energy

b)

speed

c)

force

d)

work

11.

a force that attracts things to Earth.

a)

gravity

b)

force

c)

inertia

d)

motion

12.
_______ is a force that acts between two objects which are touching. This force slows any movement between the two objects.
a)
pressure
b)
magnetism
c)
friction
13.
The girls in this picture represent ________ forces. 
a)
kinetic
b)
balanced
c)
unbalanced
d)
chemical
14.
a)

Pulley

b)

Inclined plane

c)

Lever

d)

Screw

e)

Wheel and axle

15.
a)

Wedge

b)

Lever

c)

Pulley

d)

Wheel and axle

e)

Screw

16.
a)

Wedge

b)

Screw

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined Plane

e)

Pulley

17.

Examples of simple machines: (choose three)

a)

Wheel and axle

b)

Bike

c)

Pulley

d)

Wedge

e)

Train

18.

Name this simple machine.

a)

Lever

b)

Wedge

c)

Pulley

d)

Inclined Plane

19.

When liquid water is turned into a gas called water vapor, caused by the sun, it is called...

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

run-off

20.

Which step of the water cycle is described correctly?

a)

Condensation occurs when vapor turns into a liqid.

b)

Evaporation occurs when vapor turns into a liquid.

c)

Precipitation occurs when water flows across the land.

d)

Run-off occurs when water falls from the sky.

21.

Look at the picture. What process is happening in Y?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

run-off

22.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

sun

b)

wind

c)

rain

d)

oceans

23.

__________________ clouds are high clouds that look like feathers.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

24.
A high pressure system is located north of New York City. What type of weather will be experienced there?
a)
clear, sunny skies
b)
cloudy and rainy
25.
______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
forecast
d)
sunlight