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Ecosystem

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Biotic can be defined as

a)

the living part of the environment

b)

the non-living part of the environment

c)

rocks and water

d)

snakes and water

2.

The habitat of a squirrel in dead wood is considered a factor _____

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

cool

d)

secret

3.

Temperature is a factor _________

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

living

d)

cold

4.

 

In the image, the position of the snake is as ....

a)

Consumer level 2

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer level 1

d)

Decomposer

5.

 

If the snake becomes extinct, what will happen is ...

a)

The eagle will increase in number

b)

The snake will not get food

c)

The rats will increase in number

d)

The eagle will eat grass

6.

Observe the following food chain!

Plants --> insects --> frogs --> snakes

Based on this food chain, the correct statement is...

a)

plants act as consumer I

b)

insects act as consumer II

c)

frogs act as producers

d)

snakes act as consumer III

7.

What happens to the components of the ecosystem if the population of mice decreases due to farmers carrying out extermination?

a)

Population of plants and foxes increases.

b)

Population of plants and eagles increases.

c)

Population of plants increases and rabbits decrease.

d)

Population of seed-eating birds increases and spiders decrease.

8.

a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

prey

d)

predator

9.

a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

prey

d)

predator

10.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
11.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
12.

a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

prey

d)

predator

13.

Which of the following animals is a herbivore?

a)

grasshopper

b)

frog

c)

hawk

d)

shrew

14.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy only by eating plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

d)

an animal that only eats herbs

15.

Communities of living and non-living things in their natural environment form 

a)

food web

b)

ecosystem

c)

food chain

d)

population

16.

What is a producer?

a)

an organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms

b)

an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

c)

an organism that obtains energy by consuming dead organisms, non-living materials, or waste

d)

an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

17.

What is a carnivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

b)

an animal that gets energy by only eating plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

d)

an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

18.

If someone eats salmon (which eats small fish, which eat algae) that person acts as...

a)

primary producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

19.

What is the 1st trophic level of the food chain?

a)

primary producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

20.

Detrivora...

a)

is autotrophic

b)

feeds on dead organisms

c)

kills animals

d)

all are correct

21.

When someone eats steak (from a cow), that person acts as...

a)

primary producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

22.

When nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy...

a)

is lost

b)

increases

c)

remains constant

d)

increases, then decreases

23.

Heterotroph...

a)

is autotroph

b)

eats other organisms

c)

is a primary producer

d)

is autotroph & primary producer

24.

What is the 1st trophic level of the food chain?

a)

primary producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

25.

Commensalism is

a)

one species benefits, the other is not affected

b)

both species benefit

c)

both species are harmed

d)

one species benefits, the other is harmed

26.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

A community of organisms that do not interact with each other and their physical environment.

b)

A biological community of organisms that interact with each other and their chemical environment.

c)

A biological community of organisms that interact with each other and their physical environment.

d)

A community of organisms that do not interact with each other and their chemical environment.

27.

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

a)

The eagle provides energy to the snake. The snake provides energy to the mouse. The mouse provides energy to the grasshopper, which provides energy to the grass.

b)

The mouse provides energy to the eagle. The snake provides energy to the grasshopper. The grass provides energy to the snake.

c)

The grass provides energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper provides energy to the mouse. The mouse provides energy to the snake, which provides energy to the eagle.

d)

The grass provides energy to the grasshopper. The mouse provides energy to the grasshopper. The mouse provides energy to the snake and to the eagle.