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5th Science, Chapter 5, Lesson 2 Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a food chain?

a)

the path energy takes from producers to consumers to decomposers

b)

the way animals eat each other

c)

the way the sun makes everything

d)

how the plants grow

2.

The original source of energy for all organisms in a food web is...

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

3.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

4.

What is a producer?

a)

an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

b)

an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

c)

an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

5.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

6.

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

7.

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a

a)

predator

b)

prey

8.

What is a carnivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

b)

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

9.

These helps to break down

dead or decaying matter.

a)

producers

b)

predators

c)

plants

d)

decomposers

10.

A map of overlapping foods chains is a(n) ____________

a)

ecosystem.

b)

food web.

c)

environment.

11.

What is a Predator?

a)

makes its own food

b)

a living thing that hunts another living thing for food

c)

an animal that is being hunted by another animal

12.

What is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms?

a)

scavenger

b)

decomposer

13.

__________________ are consumers that eat BOTH plants and animals for food.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Producers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

14.

A relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over a period of time is...

a)

resource

b)

mutualism

c)

succession

d)

symbiosis

15.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
16.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
17.

A relationship where one organism benefits and another is harmed

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Competition

18.
Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?
a)
Ticks feeding on a dog
b)
Bees transporting pollen from flowers
c)
Pilotfish swimming under sharks
d)
Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo
19.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
20.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

21.

Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

22.

It is possible to have a food chain that has only a producer and a decomposer.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

How are commensalism and mutualism alike?

a)

Neither of them is harmful to the plants and animals involved.

b)

They both have hosts.

c)

They only occur between two animals.

d)

They only occur between a plant and an animal.

24.

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.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

predation

25.

A sixth grader and their pet.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism