REVIEW: THE ECOSYSTEM – NATURAL SCIENCE
(4.º Primaria)
1. VOCABULARY MATCHING. Match the words with
their definitions:
1. ___ Ecosystem
2. ___ Living things
3. ___ Non-living things
4. ___ Habitat
5. ___ Food chain
6. ___ Predator
7. ___ Prey
a) An animal that is hunted and eaten by another
animal
b) A place where a plant or animal lives
c) A group of living and non-living things that live
together and interact
d) Animals, plants and people
e) Animals that hunt and eat other animals
f) Things like water, sunlight, rocks and soil
g) A sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem
2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. Use these words to
complete the sentences: producer – consumer –
decomposer – food – air – water – sunlight.
1. Plants need ___, ___ and ___ to make their own
food.
2. A ___ makes its own food.
3. A ___ eats other living things.
4. A ___ breaks down dead plants and animals.
5. Living things need ___ to survive.
3. TRUE OR FALSE. Read and write TRUE or FALSE.
Correct the false ones.
1. All living things in an ecosystem depend on
each other.
2. Rocks, water, and sunlight are living things.
3. Decomposers eat other animals.
4. Herbivores eat meat.
5. A pond, a forest and a desert are examples of
ecosystems.
4. CLASSIFY. Put the following words into the correct
category:
Words: mushroom, lion, grass, tree, worm, rabbit
Producer Consumer Decomposer
5. SHORT ANSWERS
1. What is an ecosystem?
2. What are the non-living things in an ecosystem?
3. What is a habitat?
4. What is the difference between a predator and
prey?
5. Why are decomposers important?
6. COMPLETE THE FOOD CHAIN. Complete the
following food chain with arrows and the correct
roles:
grass → rabbit → fox
• Grass is the ___________
• Rabbit is the ___________
• Fox is the ___________
7. IDENTIFY THE HABITAT. Match each animal with
its correct habitat:
1. Camel –
2. Polar bear –
3. Frog –
4. Eagle –
5. Monkey –
Habitats: rainforest, pond, Arctic, desert, mountains
8. COMPLETE THE CHART. Write 2 examples for
each category.
• Producers: __________________, __________________
• Consumers: __________________,
__________________
• Decomposers: __________________,
__________________
9. ORDER THE FOOD CHAIN. Put the words in the
correct order to make a food chain:
fox – grass – rabbit
Correct order: ___________________________________
10. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION. Circle the
correct word:
1. A tree is a (consumer / producer / decomposer).
2. A lion is a (herbivore / omnivore / carnivore).
3. A mushroom is a (producer / decomposer /
predator).
4. A cow is a (carnivore / herbivore / predator).
11. CROSSWORD (DEFINITIONS). Write the correct
word:
1. You find water, air and sunlight in this group: _ _
_-_________
2. An animal that eats only plants: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. An animal that eats other animals: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. It shows who eats whom in nature: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
__
12. DRAW AND LABEL A SIMPLE FOOD CHAIN. Draw
a 3-step food chain and label each living thing. Use
arrows.
(Example: grass → insect → bird)
13. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What do all living things need to survive?
2. What would happen if there were no
decomposers?
14. CLASSIFY THE ANIMALS. Classify the following
into herbivores, carnivores or omnivores:
• Bear – Cow – Eagle – Pig – Rabbit – Tiger
Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores
15. MATCH HABITATS AND ANIMALS
• Ocean →
• Forest →
• Arctic →
• Desert →
Animals: polar bear, camel, dolphin, deer
16. WRITE A DEFINITION. Write a definition in your
own words:
• What is a predator?
• What is a food chain?
17. FILL IN THE BLANKS. Use these words:
ecosystem, habitat, consumer, decomposer,
sunlight.
1. A place where a living thing lives is called a
______________.
2. A ______________ eats other living things.
3. A ______________ breaks down dead plants and
animals.
4. Plants need ______________ to make their food.
5. All living and non-living things together form an
______________.