Name:___________________________________________ Date:________________________

Surviving in an Ecosystem
Ecosystem

prey

predators

Compete

hibernate

migrate

Balanced

unbalanced

Mice

Sunlight

Food

plants

Frogs

animal

snakes

Insects

water

shelter

1. An __________________________ is an environment where living and non-living things

live.
2. Some living things that could live in a tropical rain forest would include
________________________ and _____________________________.
3. Nonliving things in an ecosystem would include _____________ and ________________
4. Humans are most known as __________________________ because we eat other
animals.
5. Predators hunt for other animals to eat also known as _______________________
6. When there is an imbalance in the amount of resources or the amount of animals, living
things are more likely to ___________________________.
7. Resources that animals may compete for includes _____________________,
________________________ and _____________________________
8. Both _______________________ and ________________________change their
behaviors to survive the extreme seasons.
9. Animals sometimes go into a very inactive condition, also known as a very deep sleep.
These animals ___________________________

10. Animals also move from place to place along with the seasons. These animals
______________________.
11. What does a plant do to protect itself from extreme conditions?

12. Why does a plant defend itself from these conditions?

a. To retain water and stay warm
b. To stay warm and to protect itself from the cold
c. To retain water and to protect itself from the cold
d. To stay warm and drop its leaves
13. Frogs are predators in a pond ecosystem. Insects are theirprey. If the number of frogs goes
down, what is MOST LIKELY to happen to the number of insects?
a. It will go down a lot.
b. It will go down a little
c. It will stay the same
d. It will go up
14. When an ecosystem changes, which of these is MOST LIKELY to happen?
a.All the plants and animals will die out
b. Only plants will survive
c. Plants and animals will change their behavior
d.The changes will not affect plants or animals
15. Which one is an example of living things competing for resources?
a. Polar bears and killer whales both hunt seals for food
b. Giraffes eat the leaves of trees
c. Frogs eat flies, and water snakes eat frogs