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Energy and Matter

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
stream
c)
rock
d)
tree
2.
Most producers get energy from the Sun using the process of
a)
cellular respiration
b)
chemosynthesis
c)
photosynthesis
d)
consumption
3.
Decomposers are important to ecosystems because they
a)
return vital nutrients to the ecosystem
b)
capture energy from the Sun
c)
are producers
d)
can be omnivores
4.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon dioxide and water
b)
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
c)
Glucose and oxygen
d)
Glucose and water
5.
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.
6.
The cycling of matter is important because
a)
Matter can be created and destroyed
b)
Only a limited amount of matter is available so it has to be recycled
c)
Matter can only be found in a solution
d)
Bacteria use matter to convert organisms into solar energy
7.

Plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things) are in a forest ecosystem. Scientists are studying photosynthesis in the forest. Which group or groups of organisms should they study?

a)

all organisms in the forest

b)

animals and decomposers

c)

plants and decomposers

d)

plants

8.

A jungle ecosystem has plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things). Scientists are interested in studying cellular respiration in the jungle. Which group or groups of organisms should they study?

a)

plants

b)

animals and decomposers

c)

all organisms in the jungle

d)

animals

9.

Giant pandas live wild in the mountains in China, where they eat bamboo from its forests. The number of molecules that store energy has decreased in both the bamboo and the pandas. What has happened to the amount of carbon in the bamboo and the pandas?


The amount of carbon in the bamboo and pandas . . .

a)

has not changed.

b)

is not related to the number of molecules that store energy.

c)

has increased.

d)

has decreased.

10.

Climbing ivy grows on the sides of buildings. The ivy on one building has been taking in carbon from the air for several hours.


Is the ivy in sunlight? What has happened to the number of molecules that store energy in the ivy plants?


The ivy . . .

a)

is in sunlight. The number of molecules that store energy in the ivy has decreased.

b)

is in sunlight. The number of molecules that store energy in the ivy has increased.

c)

is not in sunlight. The number of molecules that store energy in the ivy has decreased.

d)

is not in sunlight. The number of molecules that store energy in the ivy has increased.

11.

Pea plants have been in the sunlight since early morning. What can the pea plants do because they are in sunlight? What does this mean for the number of energy storage molecules in the pea plants?The pea plants can…

a)

give off carbon to the air. Giving off carbon allows them to make energy storage molecules.

b)

give off carbon to the air. Giving off carbon uses up energy storage molecules.

c)

take in carbon from the air. The carbon is used to break down energy storage molecules.

d)

take in carbon from the air. The carbon is used to make energy storage molecules.

12.

Hippos spend most of their time in rivers, but they come out of the water to eat grass. It is dark out, and this hippo is not eating.


What is happening to the carbon in the air around the hippos and the grass nearby?

a)

Carbon is not moving into the air; it is only moving out of the air.

b)

With this information, there is no way to know for sure.

c)

Carbon is moving into the air and out of the air, at the same time.

d)

Carbon is only moving into the air; it is not moving out of the air.

13.

Parrotfish live in the ocean and eat plantlike organisms called algae. Sunlight is shining on the fish and the algae. Is carbon moving into the living things, moving out of the living things, or both?

a)

Carbon is moving into and out of the living things, at the same time.

b)

Carbon is only moving into the living things; it is not moving out of them.

c)

Carbon is only moving out of the living things; it is not moving into them.

d)

There is no way to know for sure, with this information.

14.
What are the products of cellular respiration?
a)
Energy (ATP), Water, and Carbon DIoxide.
b)
Water and Oxygen
c)
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
d)
Water and Energy (ATP)
15.
Where does cellular respiration take place in the cell?
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Vacuole
16.
What kind of things perform cellular respiration?
a)
All living cells
b)
plants only
c)
animals only
d)
yeast only
17.
Where in the cell does photosynthesis occur?
a)
mitochondria
b)
stomata
c)
xylem
d)
chloroplast
18.
All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area create an ________________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
biodome
c)
playground
d)
park
19.
Molecules are 
a)
2 atoms bound together 
b)
2 elements bound together 
c)
2 or more atoms mixed together
d)
2 or more atoms bound together 
20.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
21.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide