SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
Grad 5 c
Worksheet topic 9
Part A
Shan is given this food web model to correct.
Which two statements about the model are true?
A. Mouse and rabbits do not produce their own food.
B. Rabbits can consume more than one producer to get energy for survival.
C. Adding another consumer to the food web makes the web more sustainable.
D. Adding more producers to the food web decreases the amount of energy
available to consumers.
Part B
Which two statements are supported by the diagram?
A. Polar bears are eaten only by seals.
B. Ringed seals are eaten by both orcas and polar bears.
C. Orcas eat seals, fish, and arctic birds.
D. Harbor seals eat fish.
Part C
Multiple Choice:
1. An ecosystem includes —
a) Only living things
b) Only nonliving things
c) Living and nonliving things together
d) Plants only
2. All the living things in an ecosystem are called the —
a) Population
b) Community
c) Habitat
d) Environment
3. Which of the following is a nonliving part of an ecosystem?
a) Tree
b) Soil
c) Bird
d) Insect
4. A relationship where both organisms benefit is called —
a) Competition
b) Predation
c) Mutualism
d) Parasitism
5. A hawk eating a snake is an example of —
a) Decomposer
b) Producer
c) Predator
d) Prey
6. The first organism in every food chain is usually a —
a) Consumer
b) Producer
c) Predator
d) Omnivore
7. A sudden change that affects an ecosystem could be —
a) A new building
b) A forest fire
c) A flood
d) All of the above
8. When a forest burns down and new plants slowly grow back, this is called —
a) Adaptation
b) Succession
c) Pollution
d) Evolution
9. An example of a slow change in an ecosystem is —
a) Earthquake
b) Drought
c) Tsunami
d) Hurricane
10. Which human activity harms ecosystems?
a) Recycling
b) Cutting down forests
c) Cleaning rivers
d) Planting trees
Part D
True or False:
(a) A desert and a rainforest are both ecosystems.
(b) Ecosystems never change.
(c) Plants make their own food using sunlight.
(d) Decomposers break down dead organisms.
(e) Humans can cause changes in ecosystems.
(f) Ecosystems can never recover after a fire.
(g). Ecosystems can recover after natural changes.
(h). All changes in ecosystems are caused by humans.
(i). Some animals migrate to survive changes in their ecosystem.
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