Ecosystems: Vocabulary
Definitions from the "Ecosystems" science unit. 5th grade.
Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Prey _________________.
- Get hunted by other animals and get eaten.
- Hunt for animals and eat them.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Predators ___________.
- <p>Get hunted by other animals and get eaten. </p>
- Hunt for animals and eat them.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Omnivores eat ________.
- Plants
- Both plants and animals.
- Animals
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Carnivores eat _______.
- Plants. (They only eat producers)
- Meat. (They only eat other animals)
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Herbivores eat _________.
- Plants. (They only eat producers)
- Meat. (They only eat other animals)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Food web
- The direct path of energy flow between two animals.
- The energy flow between all speicies in a community.
- All of the biotic factors in an environment.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Food chain
- The direct path of energy flow from one animal to the next.
- The energy path between all of the organisms in an area.
- The scavengers in an area
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Niche
- The food web and food chain in an ecosystem.
- Producters and consumers
- The role of an organism in its natural environment.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Habitat
- Where organisms live.
- Abiotic factors
- Biotic factors
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Community
- All of the populations linving in an area.
- All of the energy between organisms.
- The habitat for the organims.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Ecology
- The role of each organisms in an ecosystem.
- All of the Herbivores and Carnivores.
- The study of how all things in an ecosytem interact.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Population
- All of the organims of every species put together in a area
- All the organisms of the same species living in same area.
- A community.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Biotic factor
- Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
- Living parts of an ecosystem.
- The place where organisms live.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Abiotic factor
- Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
- Living parts of the ecosystem.
- <p>The population of animals in an area. </p>
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Define: Ecosystem
- The study of how animals live.
- All living an non-living things in an area.
- Animals that eat plants and animals.