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Grade 5 Science: Wetlands Unit Test

Instructions
Please write your name on the top right corner of the test. The test includes ten matching,
seventeen multiple choice, two short answer, and one long answer for a total of 44 marks. Please
check that you have 5 pages.

Part A: Matching
In the blank, write the correct response letter from List B to the definition in List A. No items
may be used more than once (10 marks).

List A List B
1. Plants with roots in the water and stems and A. Aquatic
leaves out of the water. ________

2. An animal that does NOT have a backbone.________ B. Abiotic

3. The middle-zone of a wetland where moisture-loving C. Biotic

plants live around the edges. ________

4. Plants that live below the water.________ D. Emergent

5. Things that are living (ex. Grass and Spiders). ________ E. Floating

6. Plants that live on the surface of the water. ________ F. Invertebrates

7. The area in a wetland below the high water mark G. Riparian

and changes with season. ________

8. An animal that does have a backbone. ________ H. Submergent

9. The driest area in a wetland. Provides food and shelter I. Uplands

for wetland animals. ________

10. Things that are not living (ex. Mud). _________ J. Vertebrates

Part B: Multiple Choice

Please circle the correct answer to the following multiple-choice questions (17 marks)

11. What is a wetland?

a. An area of some type of land for shelter
b. An area of land that is filled with water all or part of the year
c. An area of land that is partly wet
d. An area land that is near a lake or ocean

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12. What are the two main categories of wetlands?

a. Northern Wetland and Southern Wetlands
b. Wet and Dry
c. Bog and Fen
d. Peatlands and Non-peatlands

13. The five types of wetland are

a. Bogs, fens, marshes, ponds, and swamps
b. Lakes, marsh, rivers, streams, and swamps
c. Lakes, ocean, ponds, rivers and streams
d. Bog, fountain, ocean, reservoir, and river

14. The trees and small shrubs provide food and shelter for a squirrel that lives in a wetland. The
squirrel is living in what zone?
a. Aquatic
b. Riparian
c. Subaquatic
d. Uplands

15. Algae, cattails, butterflies, and fish are:

a. Abiotic
b. Biotic
c. Consumers
c. Producers

16. How were most of the wetlands in the prairies formed?

a. The rain and snow
b. People emptying their swimming pools
c. The moving and melting of glaciers
c. The wetlands have always been here

17. Lilypads are an example of a

a. Abiotic Plant
b. Emergent Plants
c. Floating Plant
d. Submergent Plant

18. Leeches are an example of an animal that lives:

a. On the water
b. In the water
c. Near the water
d. Do not live in the wetlands

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19. Which organism is a producer?

a. Deer
b. Fungi
c. Grass
d. Rabbit

20. Which organism is a decomposer?

a. Cattail
b. Fox
c. Tadpole
d. Worm

21. Which organism is an example of a second-order consumer?

a. Butterfly
b. Frog
c. Rabbit
d. Mushroom

22. An adaptation is
a. characteristics that help organisms survive in their environment
b. an animal that moves ecosystems
c. animals living in wetlands
d. types of plants living in wetlands

23. Which of the following represents a correct food chain?

a. hawk mouseseeds
b. eggtadpole frog
c. grassgrasshopper robin
d. algaefishsnail

24. How do producers convert the Suns energy into food?

a. Chlorophyll
b. Carbon Dioxide
c. Carnivores
d. Chloroplasts

25.What fuels all food webs?

a. Consumers
b. Decomposers
c. The Sun
d. Producers

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26. What is the biggest threat to the wetlands?

a. Drought
b. Humans
c. Flooding
d. Endangered animals

27. Which of these are threats to the wetlands?

a. Introduction of exotic animals

b. Pollution
c. Draining, Filling and Dredging
d. All of the above

Part C: Short Answer

Use the space required to answer the following two questions.

28. Draw and label the life cycle of a duck (4 marks)

29. Why should we protect the wetlands? (3 marks)

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Part D: Long Answer

Use the space provided to answer the following question. (10 marks)

30. Draw a food web you might find in the Wetlands. You must include ALL of the following
and show they are ALL connected:

a. Have an energy source

b. Have AT LEAST one producer
c. Have THREE first-order consumers
d. Have THREE second-order consumers
e. Have AT LEAST one decomposer

You MUST label each organism tell me what it is (ex. Frog) AND label it the energy source,
producer, first-order consumer, second-order consumer, or decomposer.