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Unit 2: Module 2- Energy in Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of Earth are all living things found on?

a)

geospere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

2.

Animals can get the energy they need to survive by... (select 2)

a)

eating plants

b)

decomposing

c)

eating animals that eat plants

d)

producing their own energy

3.

Which sphere includes all of the gases around Earth?

a)

hydrosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

geosphere

4.

What is at the beginning of every food chain and food web?

a)

A producer

b)

A consumer

c)

A decomposer

5.

Which are examples of how a change in one Earth's system may affect another system? (select 3)

a)

Smoke blocks sunlight from reaching Earth

b)

Bears hibernate during the cold winter months

c)

Heavy rain washes away soil and rocks from a hillside

d)

Lack of rain dries of vegetation on Earth

6.

A _______________ is an organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

predator

7.

Organisms at the beginning of a food chain are called ___________.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

preditors

d)

omnivores

8.

An organism that must eat another organism to obtain energy for survival

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

the Sun

9.

In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen cycles between all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

air

b)

organisms

c)

rocks

d)

soil

10.

What do plants NOT need to make their own food?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

water

d)

sunlight

11.

Plants produce their own food.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Plants get the carbon dioxide they need to survive from ________.

a)

the ground

b)

the air

c)

water

d)

other plants

13.

Which of the following are abiotic factors? (select 2)

a)

water

b)

trees

c)

animals

d)

rocks

14.

Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called __________.

a)

predators

b)

prey

c)

carnivores

d)

herbivores

15.

Why do all of the organisms have arrows that point to the decomposer? (select 2)

a)

All living things die and decompose.

b)

Decomposers break down dead plant and animal material which adds nutrients back to the soil.

c)

All of the organisms eat the decomposer for energy

d)

The snake eats the mushroom for energy