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Module 3 - Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most producers get energy from the Sun using the process of
a)
cellular respiration
b)
chemosynthesis
c)
photosynthesis
d)
consumption
2.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon dioxide and water
b)
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
c)
Glucose and oxygen
d)
Glucose and water
3.

Which type of organism(s) perform cellular respiration?

a)

all living things

b)

plants only

c)

animals only

d)

animals, fungi, bacteria and protists

4.

Which process REMOVES carbon from the atmosphere?

a)

Combustion

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Death and decomposition

5.

What part of the water cycle do clouds represent?

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

runoff

6.
Identify the pigment that captures the energy of sunlight.
a)
chlorophyll
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen
d)
sugar
7.

Part of the equation for photosynthesis is shown. A substance cycled throughout an ecosystem and released during cellular respiration is missing. What substance belongs in place of the question mark?

a)

Carbon

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Nitrogen dioxide

d)

Hydrogen

8.

What gas do leaves absorb during the day?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Hydrogen

9.

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the MOST energy available to them?

a)

Producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Top Predator

10.

Which organism has the LEAST amount of energy available to it from the producer in this diagram?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

11.
The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
12.

During photosynthesis, plants produce a food called ______.

a)

ATP

b)

glucose (sugar)

c)

oxygen

d)

chlorophyll

13.

Which activity does NOT release carbon into the atmosphere?

a)

dead organisms decompose

b)

fossil fuels burn during combustion

c)

water cools and condenses to form clouds

d)

humans exhale during respiration

14.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

a man-made place where an organism grows and lives

b)

a natural place where an organism grows and lives

c)

a community of only living factors that interact and work together

d)

a community of living and nonliving factors that live and work together

15.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

16.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

17.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

18.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

19.

Is this an example of a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

20.

Organisms that use an outside energy source, such

as the Sun to produce their own food are called _____.

a)

Consumers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Producers

21.

Organisms that cannot make their own food are called _____. They obtain energy and nutrients from other organisms.

a)

autotrophs

b)

consumers

c)

chemosynthesizers

d)

producers

22.

Organisms that eat only producers are called _____.

a)

autotrophs

b)

carnivores

c)

herbivores

d)

scavengers

23.

Organisms that eat both producers and consumers are called _____.

a)

carnivores

b)

decomposers

c)

omnivores

d)

saprophytes

24.

Organisms that eat herbivores, omnivores, and other carnivores are called _____.

a)

autotrophs

b)

carnivores

c)

parasites

d)

producers

25.

Organisms that consume the bodies of dead organ-

isms or wastes produced by living organisms are called _____.

a)

detritivores

b)

herbivores

c)

hosts

d)

producers

26.

Microscopic organisms that cause the decay of dead organisms or wastes produced by living organisms are called _____. Most are fungi and bacteria.

a)

autotrophs

b)

decomposers

c)

composers

d)

insectivores

27.

A(n) _____ is a model of energy transfer that shows how the food chains in a community are interconnected.

a)

biosphere

b)

energy pyramid

c)

food link

d)

food web

28.

The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen, which is used by living things to make _____, moves from the atmosphere to the soil into the bodies of living organisms and back to the atmosphere.

a)

carbohydrates

b)

lipids

c)

proteins

d)

water

29.

In a process known as _____, water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to form clouds and then falls back to earth as rain or snow.

a)

exhalation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

30.

As part of the carbon cycle, organisms release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during _____. It can then be taken in by plant leaves and used to make food.

a)

cellular respiration

b)

chemosynthesis

c)

photosynthesis

d)

transpiration

31.

Identify the energy model shown in the image.

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Classification Chart

32.

A(n) _____ is a model that shows the amount of energy avail-

able in each link of a food chain.

a)

biograph

b)

diorama

c)

energy pyramid

d)

food web

33.

Identify the energy model shown in the image.

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Population Graph

34.

Identify the energy model shown in the image.

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Chain

d)

Cladogram

35.

A(n) _____ is a simple model that shows how energy moves from a producer to one or more consumers through feeding relationships.

a)

ecosystem

b)

energy pyramid

c)

food chain

d)

food web

36.

True or False: Less energy is available for organisms higher up in an energy pyramid.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Animals put water vapor back into the atmosphere through _____.

a)

cellular respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

chemosynthesis

d)

transpiration

38.

The black bear eats roots, berries, meat, fish, insects, larvae, grass, and other plants. The black bear is a(n) _____.

a)

omnivore

b)

producer

c)

carnivore

d)

detritivore

39.

What gas makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

40.

This diagram shows the movement of matter between some living and non-living things in a forest ecosystem. Which part of the food chain is nonliving?

a)

sun

b)

berry plant

c)

. jackrabbit

d)

bobcat

41.

Sara made a model of a food chain. The living things in her food chain were a cricket, frog, and snake. Which is missing from the model?

a)

Prey

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

d)

Food Source

42.
A consumer gets energy by
a)
absorbing sunlight.
b)
breaking down dead organisms.
c)
soaking it up from the ground.
d)
feeding on other organisms.
43.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
44.

Producers get energy by capturing what from the sun?

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Big Energy

c)

Light energy

d)

No Energy