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Ecosystems

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A living thing that makes its own food from the sun is a what? (a)  

Choose from the below words
producer
consumer
decomposer
herbivore
2.

Choose all that apply.


Q1. The environment includes everything living and nonliving in an area. For example the environment of a giraffe has...

a)

rocks

b)

soda

c)

soil

d)

trees

3.

Q2. What is a predator?

a)

An animal that eats other animals.

b)

An animal that is eaten by another animal.

4.

Q3. What is a prey?

a)

An animal that eats another animal.

b)

An animal that is eaten by another animal.

5.

When an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter, that is called (a)  

Choose from the below words
mimicry
migration
hibernation
camouflage
6.

When animals travel long trips to find warmer weather, food supply, and a safe place to give birth, that is called (a)   .

Choose from the below words
mimicry
migration
hibernation
camouflage
7.

Looking or sounding like another living organism is called ___________.

a)

mimicry

b)

hibernation

c)

migration

d)

camouflage

8.

A visual disguise; when the color of an animal changes to look like its surroundings

a)

camouflage

b)

mimicry

c)

hibernation

d)

migration

9.

A characteristic or change in an animal's body that helps it survive in its environment

a)

learned behavior

b)

physical adaptation

c)

behavioral adaptation

d)

instinctive behavior

10.

Something an animal does or how it acts in order to stay alive

a)

learned behavior

b)

physical adaptation

c)

instinctive behavior

d)

behavioral adaptation

11.

How are teeth, camouflage and mimicry the same?

a)

They are all behaviors.

b)

They are used by all insects.

c)

They each can help an animal survive.

d)

They are used ONLY by predators.

12.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All of the living things in area

b)

All of the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions

c)

All of the non-living things in an area

d)

Only one specific type of organism in an area

13.

Which of the following is not a living thing that can be found in an ecosystem?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Air

d)

People

14.
Which of these organisms is a producer?
a)
strawberries
b)
insect
c)
mouse
d)
owl