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Plants and Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Michelle planted carrot seeds in a shady garden. The plants did not grow well and the leaves were yellow. What need might the carrot plants be missing?

a)

Space

b)

Air

c)

Sunlight

d)

None of the other answer choices

2.

Pablo wants to grow a plant in a pot. What does he need to be sure the plant has?

a)

air

b)

light

c)

water

d)

all of the other answer choices

3.

Which of the pictures is not a basic need of plants?

a)

Picture A

b)

Picture B

c)

Picture C

d)

Picture D

4.

How do plants take in sunlight?

a)

Plants take in light through their roots

b)

Plants take in light through their flowers

c)

Plants do not need light

d)

Plants take in light through their leaves

5.

Which best identifies how plants use carbon dioxide?

a)

For energy

b)

To take in light

c)

For keeping cool

d)

To make food

6.

In which plant part does photosynthesis happen?

a)

Leaves

b)

Roots

c)

Stems

d)

Seeds

7.

Why do plants need air (carbon dioxide) to grow?

a)

Plants use carbon dioxide to make food

b)

Plants use carbon dioxide to transport food to different parts of the plants

c)

Plants use carbon dioxide to keep firm

d)

Plants use carbon dioxide to reproduce

8.

What is the product made from plants during photosynthesis?

a)

carbon dioxide gas

b)

water

c)

Sun's energy

d)

glucose (sugar)

9.

What do plants release during photosynthesis that is important for human and animals?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

nicotin

10.

What is true about this web?

a)

Hawks are producers that provide food for rabbits

b)

Grass provides energy to rabbits and grasshoppers

c)

Rabbits are predators for hawks

11.

An ecosystem is:

a)

all of the populations and nonliving parts of an environment that interact with each other

b)

all of the populations that live in and share a space

c)

all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

12.

What is NOT true about this food web?

a)

Rattlesnakes provide energy to tarantulas

b)

Grass provides energy to grasshoppers

c)

Lizards provide energy to hawks

13.

Plants are the _____ in an ecosystem.

a)

primary consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

secondary consumers

14.

Plants need sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide and use photosynthesis to create _______________________.

a)

sugars and carbon dioxide

b)

sugars and nitrogen

c)

sugars and hydrogen

d)

sugars and oxygen

15.

Organisms interact in the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Carnivores and omnivores are classified as consumers. Which two organisms are also classified as consumers?

a)

bacteria and fungi

b)

fungi and scavengers

c)

parasites and herbivores

d)

decomposers and herbivores

16.

What happens to energy as it moves from one link to the next in the food chain?

a)

The energy is cycled between organic and inorganic states within the food chain

b)

Energy is created and causes the food chain to have more links

c)

Energy is destroyed as it moves across the links of the food chain.

d)

The energy is transferred between organisms within the food chain.

17.

Which two organisms are classified as secondary consumers?

a)

Organisms 1 and 2

b)

Organisms 2 and 3

c)

Organisms 3 and 4

d)

Organisms 1 and 4

18.

The illustrations show organisms that belong to a food chain.


Which list shows the order in which energymost likely flows through this food chain?

a)

Owl, Sun, Grass, Mouse

b)

Sun, Grass, Mouse, Owl

c)

Grass, Mouse, Owl, Sun

d)

Sun, Mouse, Owl, Grass

19.

A student drew the pond ecosystem shown below.


Which are two abiotic factors that affect the survival of the aquatic organisms?

a)

phytoplankton and lilies

b)

water quality and sunlight

c)

grasses and duck

d)

turtles and deer

20.

Which diagram correctly shows the flow of energy in a food chain?

a)

Decomposer → Consumer → Producer

b)

Producer → Consumer → Decomposer

c)

Consumer → Producer → Decomposer

d)

Producer → Decomposer → Consumer