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Worksheets5th Science, Chapter 5, Lesson 2 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is a food chain?
the path energy takes from producers to consumers to decomposers
the way animals eat each other
the way the sun makes everything
how the plants grow
The original source of energy for all organisms in a food web is...
plants
sun
producers
decomposers
Decomposers get energy from...
the sun
eating plants
eating animals
dead things and waste
What is a producer?
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
What is a herbivore?
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________
producer
consumer
decomposer
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a
predator
prey
What is a carnivore?
an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
These helps to break down
dead or decaying matter.
producers
predators
plants
decomposers
A map of overlapping foods chains is a(n) ____________
ecosystem.
food web.
environment.
What is a Predator?
makes its own food
a living thing that hunts another living thing for food
an animal that is being hunted by another animal
What is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms?
scavenger
decomposer
__________________ are consumers that eat BOTH plants and animals for food.
Omnivores
Producers
Herbivores
Carnivores
A relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over a period of time is...
resource
mutualism
succession
symbiosis
A relationship where one organism benefits and another is harmed
Commensalism
Parasitism
Mutualism
Competition
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
It is possible to have a food chain that has only a producer and a decomposer.
True
False
How are commensalism and mutualism alike?
Neither of them is harmful to the plants and animals involved.
They both have hosts.
They only occur between two animals.
They only occur between a plant and an animal.
Hookworms can enter the body of animals or even humans. The hookworm attaches to the lining of the intestinal wall and feeds on blood. Its eggs are ejected into the digestive tract and the larvae (young hookworms) that hatch live off of the host’s blood. The host can suffer from blood loss, anemia and iron deficiency.
commensalism
mutualism
parasitism
predation
A sixth grader and their pet.
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
