Unit 1 Ecosystem Study Guide Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers

the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is a nonliving part of the ecosystem below?

a. the tree b. the sunlight ____

c.

the squirrel

d. the bird

2. All the living things in an ecosystem make up a/an a. temperate zone b. environment c. community

d. rainforest

____

3. All of the following are ways that the bird in the picture benefits from living in the tree EXCEPT

a. The tree gives the bird shelter from the Sun. b. The tree hides the bird from predators.

c.

The bird eats insects that live in the tree.

d. The bird eats the roots of the tree.

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4. Which of these organisms is a predator?

a. the Sun b. the dandelion ____ 5. Which of the following is a scavenger? a. vulture b. squirrel ____

c.

the rabbit

d. the wolf

c.

rabbit

d. cow

6. The black parts of the bread in the picture are one example of what?

a. a predator b. a decomposer ____ 7. In the picture the mouse is

c.

prey

d. a scavenger

a. a predator b. a scavenger

c.

a decomposer

d. prey

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8. There is an insect in the picture. What kind of adaptation does this show?

a. warning coloration b. hibernation ____

c.

mimicry

d. migration

9. Hibernation is an adaptation for which of the following?

a. surviving very hot summers b. surviving droughts

c.

surviving floods

d. surviving very cold winters

____ 10. Which of the following is NOT a reason why scientists study fossils? a. to find out about species that used to live on Earth b. to learn about the history of Earth c. to compare extinct species with modern-day species

d. to learn about the current atmosphere of Earth

____ 11. Which of these is the BEST definition of the word ecosystem? a. all the living and nonliving things in an area b. all the nonliving things in an area c. all the living things in an area

d. the place where an organism lives

____ 12. Which of these is true about how living things get food? a. Producers eat consumers. b. Producers eat other producers. c. Consumers eat only other consumers.

d. Producers make their own food from sunlight.

____ 13. Which type of animal eats only other animals? a. omnivore b. producer ____ 14. What does this picture show? c. herbivore

d. carnivore

a. a consumer eating a producer b. a producer eating another producer ____ 15. After the sun, where does a food chain start? a. with animals that eat plants b. with animals that eat other animals

c.

a consumer eating another consumer

d. a producer eating a consumer

c.

with plants that eat other plants

d. with plants that make their own food

____ 16. Where would a decomposer be in a food chain? a. at the beginning b. between a producer and a consumer ____ 17. All food webs include _____. a. insects b. mushrooms c. snakes c. between two consumers

d. at the end

d. producers

____ 18. A hawk needs to eat many mice and rabbits because _____. a. there are lots of mice and rabbits in its c. the hawk is part of a large food web ecosystem b. the hawk gets only part of the energy from d. each animal it eats provides a lot of animals it eats energy

____ 19. Which is MOST LIKELY the missing organism in the food chain below?

a. grasshopper b. grass

c.

hawk

d. bird

____ 20. Suppose a river dried up. What would MOST LIKELY happen to the fish that live in the river? a. They would learn to live on land. b. They would die. c. They would move to a nearby lake.

d. They would grow lungs.

____ 21. When there is an increase in the number of predators, the prey population _____. a. moves to a new environment b. does not change c. gets smaller

d. gets larger

____ 22. Which one is an adaptation to life in a cold place? a. wing feathers b. a long neck c. a layer of fat under the skin

d. spotted fur

____ 23. Box turtles have yellowish markings on their green shells. The colors and patterns help the turtles blend in on the ground in a forest. This adaptation is an example of _____. a. hibernation b. migration c. behavior

d. camouflage

____ 24. Ducks have webbed feet. In which kind of place would this adaptation help it survive? a. lake b. mountaintop c. grassland

d. desert

____ 25. Which one is the BEST definition of the word adaptation? a. a behavior that helps a living things c. any feature that helps a living thing survive survive b. a body part that helps a living thing survive d. a feature that helps a plant survive

____ 26. What must all living things do in order for their species to survive? a. become endangered b. reproduce ____ 27. Which animal is extinct? a. lion b. bald eagle ____ 28. Which statement is TRUE? a. Only human activities cause species to become extinct. b. Only natural events cause species to become extinct. c. Both natural events and human activities can cause species to become extinct. c. house cat c. become fossils

d. hibernate

d. dinosaur

d. No species that are alive today will become extinct.

____ 29. Which living things get energy by breaking down material from dead plants and animals? a. consumers b. producers c. decomposers

d. herbivores

____ 30. Which describes a group of living things of the same kind living in the same area? a. ecosystem b. environment c. habitat

d. population

____ 31. From which living thing does the frog get energy?

a. grass only b. grass and grasshopper

c.

raccoon only

d. raccoon and bacteria

____ 32. Which of these organisms is a consumer that eats mostly plants? a. deer b. tree c. mushroom

d. fox

____ 33. When is a group of animals extinct? a. when few of its eggs hatch b. when there is a flood c. when all members of the group have died

d. when very few members of the group are alive

____ 34. Snakes eat frogs. Frogs eat crickets. What will MOST LIKELY happen in a swamp if many of the frogs die during a drought? a. The frog population will increase. b. The cricket population will increase. ____ 35. Which does an eagles sharp beak help it do? a. run from its predators b. catch its prey c. hide from predators c. The snake population will increase.

d. The snakes will learn to eat grass.

d. migrate

____ 36. Which of the following BEST describes what a food chain shows? a. how energy flows through a living thing b. how energy flows from one living thing to the next c. how plants produce food from sunlight

d. how much food animals eat

____ 37. Which adaptation helps a giraffe hide from grassland predators? a. long neck b. long legs c. spotted coat

d. strong lips

Matching Reviewing Vocabulary Match each picture to a vocabulary word. a.

b.

c.

____ 38. omnivore ____ 39. decomposer ____ 40. food chain Reviewing Vocabulary Match each picture to a vocabulary word. a.

b.

c.

____ 41. hibernate ____ 42. camouflage ____ 43. fossil

Unit 1 Ecosystem Study Guide Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. MATCHING

B C D D A B D C D D A D D A D D D B B B C C D A C B D C C D B A C B B B C

41. B 42. A 43. C

38. C 39. B 40. A