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Ecosystems Quiz

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a biome?

a)

A single animal's habitat

b)

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

c)

The inside of an animal’s body

d)

A population of one species

2.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

a)

A tree

b)

A mushroom

c)

Sunlight

d)

A fish

3.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

A group of the same species living together

b)

The nonliving parts of the environment only

c)

Living and nonliving things interacting in an area

d)

Just a food chain

4.

Which organism is a producer?

a)

A wolf

b)

A tree

c)

A mushroom

d)

A rabbit

5.

What does a primary consumer eat?

a)

Producers

b)

Tertiary consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Rocks

6.

What is the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem?

a)

Eats producers

b)

Makes its own food

c)

Breaks down dead organisms

d)

Hunts prey

7.

Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?

a)

Grass

b)

Rabbit

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

8.

Which best describes an omnivore?

a)

Only eats meat

b)

Only eats plants

c)

Eats both plants and animals

d)

Makes its own food

9.

What happens if a producer is removed from a food web?

a)

Nothing changes

b)

Only carnivores are affected

c)

The whole food web can be disrupted

d)

More producers grow

10.

Which direction does energy flow in a food web?

a)

From consumers to producers

b)

From decomposers to consumers

c)

From producers to consumers

d)

From predators to prey

11.

Which domain includes organisms with cells that have a nucleus?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Prokaryotes

12.

Which domain contains organisms that often live in extreme environments like hot springs?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Fungi

13.

Which of the following is a prokaryote?

a)

Plant

b)

Fungus

c)

Bacterium

d)

Protist

14.

Which kingdom includes mushrooms and molds?

a)

Animalia

b)

Plantae

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

15.

Which kingdom includes only autotrophs with cell walls made of cellulose?

a)

Protista

b)

Plantae

c)

Animalia

d)

Fungi

16.

Which organism is multicellular and heterotrophic?

a)

A plant

b)

A fungus

c)

An animal

d)

A protist

17.

Which of the following is an invertebrate?

a)

Bird

b)

Fish

c)

Insect

d)

Dog

18.

An animal with body parts arranged like a star has what kind of symmetry?

a)

No symmetry

b)

Bilateral symmetry

c)

Radial symmetry

d)

Asymmetry

19.

Which part of a scientific name is capitalized?

a)

The species

b)

The genus

c)

Both genus and species

d)

Neither

20.

Which is the correct way to write a scientific name?

a)

tiger Panthera

b)

Panthera tigris

c)

PANTHERA TIGRIS

d)

panthera Tigris

21.
2. What does unicellular means?
a)
1. many cell
b)
2. one cell
c)
3. two cell
d)
4.more cell
22.

A spider is an example of...

a)

Unicellular Organism

b)

Multicellular Organism

c)

Neither

d)

Both

23.

What type of organism makes its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

24.

Which category of organism cannot make its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

25.

What are humans?

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

26.

What is a lily pad?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

27.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d)
an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
28.
A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a 
a)
food web
b)
ecosystem
c)
food chain
d)
population
29.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
d)
an animal that eats only herbs
30.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
31.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
d)
population
32.

In this food web, what trophic level is the snake?

a)

Secondary and Tertiary Consumer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Primary and Secondary Consumer

33.

In this food web, what trophic level is the owl?

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

34.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
35.

Which of the following organisms

could be classified as a tertiary consumer

based on the food web to the right?

a)

Frog

b)

Weasel

c)

Great horned owl

d)

Goldfinch

36.

What kind of consumer is the turtle?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

detritovore

37.

Animals correspond to with the domain:

a)

Archaea

b)

Eukarya

c)

Bacteria

38.

Fungi correspond to with the domain:

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Archaea

39.

In this domain, you can find the organisms on the earth planet that have eukaryotic cells

a)

Bacteria

b)

Eukarya

c)

Archaea

40.

Which domain is characterised by multi-cellular organisms?

(a)  

41.

Which domain is characterized by organisms that live in extreme environments?

(a)  

42.

Humans belong to which domain?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Archaea

d)

Eubacteria

43.

Thermoacidophiles, organisms that thrive in acid and high temperatures, belong to the Archaea domain.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The difference between prokarytic organisms and eukaryotic organisms is the absense of a nuclear membrane and membrane-bound organelles in the former.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Which two domains are categorized as "prokaryotic"?

a)

Archaea

b)

Bacteria

c)

Eukarya

46.

Which domain has organisms whose cells have DNA inside a nucleus?

a)

Archaea

b)

Bacteria

c)

Eukarya

47.

Scientists classify (group together) organisms based on...

a)

similar characteristics

b)

differences in DNA

c)

their habitat

d)

their lifespan

48.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
49.

An organism with__________________________can be divided into two parts that are nearly mirror images of each other.

a)

asymmetry

b)

bilateral symmetry

c)

Radial symmetry

50.

An organism which can be divided into two parts that are nearly mirror images of each other anywhere through its central axis.

a)

Asymmetry

b)

radial symmetry

c)

bilateral symmetry

d)

trilateral symmetry

51.

A butterfly has a _________________

a)

Asymmetry

b)

radial symmetry

c)

bilateral symmetry

52.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

an animal with a backbone

b)

an animal without a backbone

c)

mammals

d)

birds

53.

Are these animals vertebrates or invertebrates

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

54.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

55.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

56.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

57.
Invertebrates are animals
a)
with a backbone
b)
without a backbone
58.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

The interactions among living and non-living things in an environment.

b)

A type of organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

c)

A bunch of moving parts that do work.

d)

The newest craze in social media.

59.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
60.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
61.

Reorder the organisms from producer (left) to Quaternary consumer (right) in a food chain.

a)

Grass

b)

grasshopper

c)

Frog

d)

Snake

e)

Hawk

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

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