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Life Science Unit 6 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of a herbivore?

a)

Eats only plants

b)

Eats only animals

c)

Eats both plants and animals

d)

Eats nothing

2.

How do consumers get energy?

a)

From eating other organisms

b)

From photosynthesis

c)

Just from absorbing energy through the sun

d)

From outer space

3.

Which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in this food web?

a)

grasses and seeds -> owls -> rabbits -> foxes

b)

grasses and seeds -> mice -> owls

c)

rabbits -> owls -> mice

d)

grasses and seeds -> rabbits -> mice

4.

Which organisms in this food web only eat consumers?

5.

Which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in this food web?

a)

grasses and seeds -> owls -> rabbits -> foxes

b)

grasses and seeds -> mice -> owls

c)

rabbits -> owls -> mice

d)

grasses and seeds -> rabbits -> mice

6.

Classify the producers and consumers.

Categorize the following

wildflowers

grass

acorns

butterfly

mouse

grasshopper

rabbit

squirrel

fox

hawk

coyote

deer

Producer
Consumer
7.

Which organisms in this food web compete for rabbits?

a)

foxes and rabbits

b)

owls and foxes

c)

mice and rabbits

d)

grasses and foxes

8.

What would be the likely effect if the grasshopper population in this ecosystem doubled in size?

a)

the mouse population would have more food to eat.

b)

The hawk population would have less food to eat.

c)

The snake population would increase

d)

The snake population would have no natural enemies.

9.

What would most likely happen to the animals in this food web if all the plants died?

a)

The number of rabbits will increase.

b)

The number of rabbits will decrease.

c)

The number of grasshoppers will increase.

d)

The number of grasshoppers will stay the same.

10.

Which organisms in this food web compete for rabbits?

a)

foxes and rabbits

b)

owls and foxes

c)

mice and rabbits

d)

grasses and foxes

11.

What would be the likely effect if the grasshopper population in this ecosystem doubled in size?

a)

the mouse population would have more food to eat.

b)

The hawk population would have less food to eat.

c)

The snake population would increase

d)

The snake population would have no natural enemies.

12.

What would most likely happen to the animals in this food web if all the plants died?

a)

The number of rabbits will increase.

b)

The number of rabbits will decrease.

c)

The number of grasshoppers will increase.

d)

The number of grasshoppers will stay the same.

13.

True or false? All the energy needed for organisms to survive comes directly or indirectly from the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

14.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
15.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
16.
What do Omnivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
17.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

The way the sun makes everything

d)

How the plants grow

18.

An individual living thing, such as an animal or a plant, is called an

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Organism

d)

Nutrition

19.
Use the diagram answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
20.

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

21.

Carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms are called _________.

a)
herbivores
b)
decomposers
c)
omnivores
d)
scavengers
22.

Select all the biotic factors of an ecosystem.

a)

pond

b)

path

c)

tree

d)

ladybug

e)

wind

23.

Select all the abiotic factors of an ecosystem.

a)

pond

b)

path

c)

tree

d)

ladybug

e)

wind

24.

Which of the following lists only biotic factors?

a)

snapping turtle, water lily, pond

b)

scorpion, saguaro cactus, 120 degree Fahrenheit

c)

otter, Canada goose, iceberg

d)

spider monkey, coral snake, ferns

25.

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

a)

Metals

b)

paper

c)

plastics

d)

Yard trimmings

26.

1. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

a)

coal

b)

wind energy

c)

solar energy

d)

water

27.
The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...
a)
climate change
b)
the seasons
c)
the weather
d)
natural change
28.
Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:
a)
Flooding
b)
Heat Waves
c)
Hurricanes
d)
All of the above
29.
Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
Fishing
b)
Breathing
c)
Burning Fossil Fuels
d)
Farming
30.

Humans always have a negative effect on the environment

a)

True

b)

False

31.

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

a)

Metals

b)

paper

c)

plastics

d)

Yard trimmings

32.
The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...
a)
climate change
b)
the seasons
c)
the weather
d)
natural change
33.
Any amount of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere is bad for our planet.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
Fishing
b)
Breathing
c)
Burning Fossil Fuels
d)
Farming
35.

Humans always have a negative effect on the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

When (a)   are picked up by runoff, the effects can be harmful because the water that living organisms depend on becomes (b)   . Human activities, such as overfishing and dumping pollutants into the ocean, can have a great impact, even causing (c)   of some marine life. Artificial reefs have a (d)   impact on the (e)   because they help create underwater ecosystems. Typically, as human populations increase, the negative effects on Earth increase.

Choose from the below words

pollutants

polluted

extinction

positive

environment

37.
Pollution can cause harm to the ___________.  
a)
air
b)
land
c)
water
d)
all of the above
38.

The warming of the Earth's atmosphere is called...

a)

The Ozone Layer

b)

The Greenhouse Effect

c)

The Carbon Cycle

d)

The El Niño Effect

39.

A good practice to help conserve energy is?

a)

using plastic bags

b)

letting the water run while brushing teeth.

c)

using warm water to wash clothes

d)

turning lights off when not in use.

40.

Many products are made from trees. Which is the BEST way to manage the use of trees?

a)

plant a tree each time one is cut down.

b)

build more lumber mills.

c)

cut down more trees.

d)

reduce the amount of recycled paper.

41.

An endangered species in South Florida is the Miami Blue Butterfly. Which factor has MOST likely caused the population of this butterfly to decline?

a)

the increase of parks.

b)

the decline of seawater.

c)

the increase of homes being built.

d)

decline of predators.

42.

An example of good water management is?

a)

turning off the water when brushing teeth.

b)

having a leaky faucet.

c)

running a dishwasher that is not full.

d)

watering the grass everyday.

43.

In the past hundred years, the overall amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has...

a)

decreased

b)

stayed about the same

c)

increased

44.

By adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, humans are...

a)

decreasing the average temperature of Earth.

b)

not affecting the average temperature of Earth.

c)

increasing the average temperature of Earth.

45.

TRUE OR FALSE: The "Ozone Layer" is a layer of ozone (O3) that protects the Earth from harmful UV radiation.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

This is a simple diagram of the greenhouse effect. According to this diagram, the energy first comes from...

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

The Atmosphere

47.

Organisms, like bacteria, insects and worms, that break down waste are called ___

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivores

c)

decomposers

48.

Due to the fact that plants can make their own food using photosynthesis, what are plants considered in food chains?

a)

omnivores

b)

consumbers

c)

producers

d)

carnivores

49.

In a food chain, what breaks down dead material and helps turn it into nutrients in the soil?

a)

producers

b)

decomposers

c)

animals

d)

water

50.

Which choice below shows the correct order of a food chain?

a)

sun -> rabbit -> tomato plant -. decomposer -> hawk

b)

tomato plant -> decomposer -> sun -> rabbit -> hawk

c)

sun -> tomato plant -> rabbit -> hawk -> decomposer