Vocabulary
Living things in the environment are also called:
a) abiotic
b) biotic
c) alive
b) biotic
Symbiosis is when two organisms live close together for a long time and form a relationship, true or false.
True - a relationship means they depend on one another for their needs
Plants have to make their own food. This is why they called _______. They get their energy from the ___.
a) consumers, sun (light energy)
b) producers, food
c) producers, sun (light energy)
c) producers, sun (light energy)
Examples of abiotic factors include:
a) gases, plants and animals
b) gases, sunlight, soil
c) gases, sunlight, soil and water
d) gases sunlight soil water temperature
d) gases sunlight soil water temperature
Name 3 ecosystems that you have heard about
tundra (arctic/antarctic)
temperate forest
rain forest
desert
wetlands
oceans
freshwater (ponds, lakes, rivers)
Non-living things are also called:
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c) dead
b) abiotic
There are 3 types of symbiosis, true or false
True
3 things needed in order for photosynthesis to occur:
a) carbon dioxide, water and sunlight energy
b) oxygen, water and sunlight energy
c) oxygen, water and carbon dioxide
a) carbon dioxide, water and sunlight energy
Biotic factors include:
a) decomposers and scavengers
b) plants and animals
c) both a and b
d) none of the above
c) both a and b
What does diversity in an ecosystem mean?
a) it has many kinds of plants and animals
b) there is always a lot going on in an ecosystem
c) plants get food via photosynthesis
d) plants and animals need one another
a) it has many kinds of plants and animals
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas...
a) produced by humans, animals, cars and factories
b) plants and trees
c) factories only
d) produced by ocean animals
a) produced by humans, animals, cars and factories
Both organisms benefit from this type of symbiosis:
a) Parasitism
b) Mutualism
c) Commensalism
b) Mutualism - trees give us oxygen and we give them carbon dioxide
The part of the leaf that makes the leaf green and is essential for photosynthesis is called:
a) chloroform
b) chlorophyll
c) chlorine
b) chlorophyll
Cattle feedlots had a huge impact because:
a) They slaughtered cows and left their remains to pollute the rivers
b) They transported the meat all over the world in planes and trucks and trains, causing pollution
c) both a and b
c) both a and b
These 3 plants are sacred to Indigenous people:
a) sweetgrass flowers tobacco
b) saffron sage sweetgrass
c) sweetgrass sage tobacco
d) flowers tobacco and sage
c) sweetgrass sage tobacco
The place where the interactions between living organisms depend on one another for what they need to survive is called:
a) the environment
b) the ecosystem
c) nature
b) ecosystem
This type of symbiosis involves on organism benefitting and one being harmed:
a) mutualism
b) parasitism
c) commensalism
b) parasitism - like head lice loving life feasting on your head but wrecking your hair and scalp
The process of photosynthesis produces:
a) just oxygen
b) just food for the plant
c) oxygen and food for the plant
c) oxygen and food for the plant
Roles in an ecosystem include:
a) plants and animals
b) consumers, producers, scavengers and decomposers
c) decomposers and producers
d) none of the above
b) consumers, producers, scavengers and decomposers
How do the wetlands help fight climate change?
a) they absorb excess carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse gases
b) they absorb excess oxygen
c) they help control the population because swamps are gross
a) they absorb excess carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse gases
Gas exchange in an ecosystem means:
a) we give plants oxygen they give us food
b) we give plants carbon dioxide they give us oxygen
c) we give plants water and soil they give us oxygen
d) we give plants carbon dioxide and they give us food
b) we give plants carbon dioxide they give us oxygen
This type of symbiosis involves one organism benefitting and the other having no effects at all:
a) mutualism
b) parasitism
c) commensalism
c) commensalism - when frogs live in a tree, the tree provides sheltor for the frog, but there is no benefit to the tree
The food that plants produce via photosynthesis is called:
a) french fries
b) glucose
c) glycogen
d) sucralose
b) glucose
Decomposers ____ dead plants and animals and scavengers ____ dead plants and animals
a) eat, break down
b) kill, fight
c) break down, eat
c) break down, eat
What is the number one most important abiotic factor that must exist in order for any ecosystem to survive and thrive?
a) water
b) sunlight
c) carbon dioxide and oxygen
b) sunlight