Ecosystem 4th Grade

Organisms

100

An animal that eats living things is a...

What is a consumer?

200

A plant is a...

What is a producer.

300

A organism that eats dead and decaying matter...

What is a decomposer?

400

Herbivores and omnivores both eat...

What is a producer?

500

What is a term to describe an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?

What is a consumer?

Flow of energy

100

A group of food chains that overlap.

What is a food web?

200

A series of organisms that depend on one another for food...

What is a food chain?

300

A food web shows relationships more accurately than a...

What is a food chain?

400

The animals at the top of the food chain are always...

What is a predator?

500

What is the source of all energy in an ecosystem?

The sun.

Ecosystem

100

All ecosystems are the same, true or false?

What is false?

200

A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

What is an ecosystem?

300

A group of the same type of living thing in the same ecosystem...

What is a population?

400

All of the populations that live in the same place...

What is a community?

500

Which animals are hunted, prey or predator?

What is a prey?

Random

100

What is the role of an animal called?

Niche

200

What is another name for an animal or plant's home?

Habitat

300

Bacteria and worms are an example of what type of organism?

Decomposers 

400

What is one thing that non-living things don't give us?

Food

500

Which of the following adaptations listed below is not a physical adaptation of the cheetah?

• Cheetahs migrate to find food in different areas.
• Cheetahs have spots that allow it to better camouflage and hunt its prey. Cheetahs have spots that allow it to better camouflage and hunt its prey. 
• Cheetahs have long tails to assist with balance when running at high speeds. Cheetahs have long tails to assist with balance when running at high speeds. 
• Cheetahs have longer legs than most other cat species, which allow it to run at high speeds. 

• Cheetahs migrate to find food in different areas.

Random #2

100

Which of the following do herbivores eat?

What is a producer (or plant)?

200

This type of adaptations are activities or actions that an organism performs or does to help them meet a life need.

Behavioral adaptations 

300

Which of the following has the greatest effect on an ecosystem?

A. communities
B. biotic factors
C. population
D. climate

What is D., climate?

400

This type of adaptations are physical traits or attributes that help an organism meet a life need.

Physical adaptations

500

What are two ways humans impact the environment?

Pollution, deforestation, over hunting and fishing, etc.