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Ecosystem: Energy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

predator

b)

producer

c)

ecosystem

d)

abiotic factor

2.

An organism that can make its own food

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

consumer

3.

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

4.

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

predator

5.

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

a)

decomposer

b)

consumer

c)

producer

6.

NON-living things found in an ecosystem

a)

biotic

b)

abiotc

c)

habitat

7.

LIVING things in an ecosystem

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

ecosystem

8.

Choose the producer.

a)

rock

b)

tree

c)

cow

d)

bird

9.

Choose the decomposer.

a)

grass

b)

elephant

c)

bacteria

d)

bird

10.

Choose the consumer.

a)

mushroom

b)

horse

c)

tree

d)

grass

11.

Where does the food chain START?

a)

with consumers that eat grass

b)

with the sun giving energy to producers

c)

with the sun giving energy to consumers

d)

with consumers eating other consumers

12.

Explain the flow of energy in this food chain (who passes energy to who).

a)

The hawk gives energy to the snake. The snake gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper who gives energy to the grass.

b)

The mouse gives energy to the hawk. The snake gives energy to the grasshopper. The grass gives energy to the snake.

c)

The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the snake who gives energy to the hawk.

13.

Does a food chain start with the sun?

a)

yes

b)

no

14.

What is a consumer?

a)

an organism that breaks down dead organisms

b)

an organism that makes its own energy and food

c)

an organism that eats other organisms for energy

15.

True or False:

A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What do the arrows in a food web show?

a)

who is the most powerful

b)

the next organism that uses the energy

c)

the prey

d)

the sun

17.

What is this?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

18.

Who can make their own food through a process known as photosynthesis after receiving energy from the sun?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

The sun

19.

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

organism

20.

What are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

a)

environment

b)

sunlight

c)

ocean

d)

park

21.

Scarcity means:

a)

Too much of something you wanted

b)

The exact amount of something you wanted

c)

Not enough of something you wanted

22.

If 8 people want a stuffed animal, is there a scarcity?

a)

Yes, there is a scarcity.

b)

No, there is not a scarcity.

23.
When an entire population of organism does not exist anymore, what does that mean?
a)
There is an extinction of that population.
b)
There is an increase in that population.
c)
There is a decrease in that population.
d)
There is no change.
24.

How can people affect ecosystems in a positive way?

a)

by plowing land to crop

b)

by clearing land for a new house

c)

by planting a new tree in the yard

d)

by using chemicals to fertilize the lawn

25.

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer