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Ecosystems Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that produces their own food is called a ____________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

2.

An organism that relies on eating other organisms to survive is called a ___________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

3.

An organism that eats dead organisms and returns the nutrients to the soil is called a ____________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

4.

What is the primary source of energy for all ecosystems and food chains?

a)

Air

b)

The Sun

c)

consumers

5.

True or false: An ecosystem includes both living and non-living things.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What do you call a group of the same kind of plant or animal living in the same ecosystem?

a)

extinction

b)

habitat

c)

population

7.

What happens if you completely remove a predator from an ecosystem?

a)

Their prey will become over-abundant. This will have other effects, as well.

b)

Their prey will turn into a predator.

c)

There will be no changes in the ecosystem.

8.

An example of a decomposer is a/an __________.

a)

hawk

b)

flower

c)

earthworm

9.

Which of the following would be the correct order of a food chain?

a)

Grass --> bird --> fungi

--> grasshopper

b)

Grass --> grasshopper

--> bird --> fungi

c)

Fungi --> grass --> bird --> grasshopper

10.

What does a food chain show?

a)

It shows all living things in an ecosystem.

b)

It shows how animals live in the wild.

c)

It shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another in an ecosystem.