Parts of Ecosystems
  • 1. An ecosystem is
A) a place where animals go to graze
B) a place where animals go to graze
C) a community of plants and animals and the physical environment in which they live
  • 2. What is an example of a biotic factor?
A) water
B) oak tree
C) sunlight
D) red clay
  • 3. Where do producers get their energy?
A) sunlight
B) the moon
C) animals
  • 4. Which organism is a consumer?
A) grass
B) tree
C) flower
D) squirrel
  • 5. Choose the four nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
A) Only animals depend on sunlight
B) water, temperature, soil, sunlight
C) water, animals, plants, bugs
D) temperature, insects, butterflies, soil
  • 6. All the deer in the forest make up
A) an environment
B) a population
C) a community
D) an ecosystem
  • 7. A community is
A) made up of different populations
B) all the ants in an ecosystem
C) all beavers in a forest
  • 8. Soil contains __________, rich in nutrients that help living things grow
A) water
B) organic matter
C) clay
  • 9. What is a temperate zone?
A) an area that rarely gets very hot or very cold
B) an area that is very cold
C) an area that is very hot
  • 10. Living things in an ecosystem depend on each other to meet their needs. This means that they are
A) responsible
B) related
C) happy
D) interdependent
  • 11. Animals are ___________, which means they get energy by eating plants, or by eating other animals that eat plants.
A) producers
B) consumers
C) hungry
  • 12. Reproduction is the process of
A) making more of one's own kind
B) choosing a good book
C) making food
  • 13. Animals that help plants make seeds by carrying pollen are called
A) pollinators
B) producers
C) herbivores
D) consumers
  • 14. Which of these is NOT a way that animals that
A) They plant seeds in neat rows
B) They eat fruit and drop the seeds or leaving them in their waste
C) Some plant seeds get caught in the fur of animals
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