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The forest as an ecosystem

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

Living and non-living things in an environment and their interactions.

b)
A type of weather pattern.
c)
A collection of plants in a garden.
d)
A group of people living in a city.
2.

Another word for living is

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

3.

Another word for non-living is..

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

4.

Choose the abiotic factors

a)

sunlight

b)

soil

c)

animals

d)

plants

5.

Choose the biotic factors

a)

termperature

b)

plants

c)

water

d)

animals

6.

Which are the most common trees in Hungarian forests?

a)

pine

b)

beech

c)

plum

d)

oak

7.

What is the topmost layer of a forest called?

a)
emergent layer
b)
forest floor
c)
understory
d)
canopy
8.

What are the blackthorn and the wild rose?

a)

Mosses

b)

Ferns

c)

Shrubs

d)

Trees

9.

Tick the things you can find in the shrub layer of the forest

a)
Oak trees
b)
Squirrels
c)
Mushrooms
d)

Bushes

10.

Tick the things you can find in the herb layer of the forest

a)

Mountains, ferns, pine cones

b)
Ferns, wildflowers, small shrubs
c)
Birds, insects, large mammals
d)
Moss, tall trees, rocks
11.

What is NOT necessary for photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen

b)
Sunlight
c)
Carbon dioxide
d)
Water
12.

Mushrooms are animals.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Mushrooms are plants.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Mushrooms are fungi.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Angiosperm means

a)
Angiosperm means a type of non-flowering plant.
b)
Angiosperm is a term for plants that grow in water.
c)
Angiosperm refers to plants that do not produce seeds.
d)
Angiosperm means a flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a fruit.
16.

Choose the gymnosperm.

a)
Maple tree
b)
Oak tree
c)
Birch tree
d)
Pine tree
17.

What is the pine cone?

a)

A woody flower that contains the seeds.

b)

A fruit that contains the seeds.

18.

Monoecious means..

a)

A plant that only has male flowers.

b)

A plant that only has female flowers.

c)

A plant that is wind-pollinated.

d)

A plant that has both male and female flowers.

19.

What do you call the fruit of the oak tree?

a)
Hazelnut
b)
Acorn
c)
Chestnut
d)
Pinecone
20.

What is the opposite of deciduous?

a)
evergreen
b)
perennial
c)
broadleaf
d)
tropical