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Chapter 2 Test Review - From Matter to Organisms

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does biotic mean?

a)

It has leaves

b)

It is dead

c)

It is a specific type of animal

d)

It is living

2.

What is a decomposer ?

a)

It mean something died

b)

It is an organism that builds stuff

c)

It is an organism that breaks down dead things

d)

It is a plant

3.

Which is not a type of energy?

a)

Sound

b)

Biotic

c)

Mechanical

d)

Chemical

4.

What are some biotic factors?

a)

Snakes, water, moss

b)

Air, water, sun, soil

c)

Berries, grass, mushrooms

d)

Rocks, flowers leaves

5.

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web

a)

Food chains have more options to eat not just one animal, and Food webs have only one option

b)

Food webs have ocean animals only and food chains have ground animals only

c)

Food chains have one option for every animal and food webs have multiple

6.

What are the 2 main types of energy

a)

Heat and Light

b)

Nuclear and Potential 

c)

  Chemical and Kinetic

d)

 Kinetic and Potential

7.

What are Stomata?

a)

Bright and colorful leaves 

b)

Takes water from nutrients from soil to make food

c)

Tiny pores on leaves that allow gasses to move into and out of the plant.

d)

Allows the plant to make more contact with the soil for nutrients.

8.

What is Kinetic energy?

a)

Energy that is stored in an object

b)

The energy in an object that has motion

c)

The energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms

d)

The movement of tiny charged particles.

9.

Which of the following is abiotic?

a)

Water

b)

Fox

c)

Bird

d)

Bear

10.

What does the direction of the arrows in a food web represent?

a)

Pointed to where the energy is being transferred to

b)

What animal is the bigger one

c)

Which animal that is the smaller one

d)

Pointed to where the energy is coming from

11.

What is potential energy?

a)

Energy that an object has because of its motion 

b)

Movement of tiny charged  particles 

c)

Living things in an ecosystem  

d)

Energy that is stored in an object

12.

Which of the following food chains are correct?

a)

Bear-> fox-> bunny-> grass-> sun

b)

Grass->sun-> bunny-> fox-> bear

c)

sun-> bunny-> grass-> fox-> bear

d)

sun-> grass-> bunny-> fox-> bear

13.

What is Kinetic Energy 

a)

Energy that an object has because of its motion 

b)

Energy that is stored in an object 

14.

Energy is always created and never changes its form.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes

15.

Living things depend on non living things.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What plant part makes the food for the plant during photosynthesis?

a)

Stem

b)

Leaves

c)

Stomata

d)

Seeds

17.

True or False: a food chain shows more organisms than a food web.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Plants get their energy from a process called

a)

photograph

b)

photosensitive

c)

photosynthesis

d)

photochemistry

19.

The three things plants take in are

a)

oxygen, sugar, sunlight

b)

water, carbon dioxide, sugar

c)

oxygen, sunlight, water

d)

carbon dioxide, water, sunlight

20.

How much energy can be traced back to plants?

a)

50%

b)

10%

c)

90%

d)

100%

21.

What products do plants produce?

a)

oxygen & sugar

b)

sugar & water

c)

oxygen & carbon dioxide

d)

carbon dioxide & food

22.

Organism that makes its own food.

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

omnivore

23.

Organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

omnivore

24.

Organism that must eat to get energy.

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

omnivore

25.

The flow of energy through an ecosystem is shown on a . . .

a)

web chain & consumer chain

b)

food chain & producer chain

c)

food web & consumer web

d)

food chain & food web

26.

The correct order of the stages in a food chain

a)

producer, primary consumer, sunlight, secondary consumer

b)

sunlight, producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer

c)

secondary consumer, primary consumer, producer, sunlight

d)

primary consumer, sunlight, secondary consumer, producer

27.

The arrows in a food chain and food web show

a)

the flow of energy

b)

which animal is next

c)

how much sunlight is available

d)

the flow of water

28.

How much energy is passed on to the next level of the pyramid?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

70%

29.

Omnivores and carnivores are part of what level of the pyramid?

a)

primary producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

30.

Consumer that eats only animals.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

31.

Consumer that eats only plants.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

32.

Consumer that eats plants and animals.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

33.

Organism that makes its own food.

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

omnivore

34.

A consumer that eats both meat and plant matter

a)

Carnivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Abiotic Factor

35.

Which organism is a producer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

Which organism is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Which organism is a consumer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.
Which best describes how decomposers help support life in an ecosystem?
a)
Decomposers add nutrients to the soil.
b)
Decomposers provide a habitat in the ecosystem.
c)
Decomposers add producers to the ecosystem.
d)
Decomposers provide energy for consumers.
41.

All energy in ecosystems starts here:

a)

the producers

b)

the clouds

c)

the sun

d)

the consumers

42.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

43.

Who is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

44.
Which relationship describes predator/prey
a)
hawks and shrubs
b)
mountain lion and deer
c)
frogs and trees
d)
grasses and crickets
45.

Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this wetland?

a)

Energy is transferred from hawks to shrews to grasshoppers to marsh grasses.

b)

Energy is transferred from marsh grasses to crickets to hawks to frogs.

c)

Energy is transferred from grasshoppers to crickets to frogs to hawks.

d)

Energy is transferred from cattails to crickets to shrews to hawks.

46.

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

a)

a rock

b)

a fox

c)

a plant

d)

an egg

47.

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

a)

Sun → grass → fly → frog

b)

frog → fly → grass → Sun

c)

Sun ← grass ← fly ← frog

d)

Sun → fly → frog → snake

48.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
49.

If the mouse population becomes sick and decreases, which statement about the food web will be true?

a)

The grass population will decrease.

b)

The hawk population will increase.

c)

The grass population will increase.

d)

The wildflower population will decrease.

50.

How many predators does the Grasshopper have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

51.
Which of the following is a predator of the shrew?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
52.
What type of consumer is the impala?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
53.

Which animal is the apex predator (Top Consumer)?

a)

hawk

b)

lizard

c)

snake

d)

grass

54.

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

a)

The insects in the habitat would increase because there are less snowshoes hares to eat them.

b)

The Lynx, Fox, and Hawk populations would decrease.

c)

The willow tree population would decrease because they are now more insects to eat them.

d)

Foxes would increase because they are now eating the willow trees.