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Test Description: 5.L.2
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1) What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
A
biotic factors are animals and abiotic factors are plants
B
a biotic factor is found on land and an abiotic factor is found in water
C
biotic factors are nonliving and abiotic factors are living
D
biotic factors are living and abiotic factors nonliving
2) Why are there different kinds of consumers?
A
because they eat different things
B
because some are plants and some are animals
C
because they are different sizes and shapes
D
because they live different places
3) In which biome do things decompose the fastest?
A
tropical rain forest
B
taiga
C
desert
D
grassland
4) Which is an example of the job of a decomposer?
A
to provide energy for an herbivore
B
to recycle dead trees by adding their nutrients to the soil
C
to be prey for a top predator
D
to make food from the sun's energy
5) A snake gets its energy by eating a mouse. Where did the mouse MOST likely get his energy?
A
from another mouse
B
from the soil
C
from the sun
D
from grass
6) What makes an estuary different than the ocean?
A
the amount of animals
B
the amount of sunlight
C
the amount of plants
D
the amount of salt
7) Which lists organisms that would live in the deciduous forest?
A
prairie dog and bison
B
parrots and monkeys
C
moose and elk
D
bears, deer, squirrels
8) Which of the following organisms is a producer?
A
fungus
B
sunflower
C
spider
D
fish
9) Which of the following organisms is a primary consumer?
A
shark
B
grasshopper
C
coyote
D
human
10) In a desert ecosystem, which organism has the MOST available energy?
A
cactus
B
scorpion
C
vulture
D
jackrabbit
11) What would happen if the the flower was removed from the rain forest food chain that follows? Flower-butterfly-toucan-jaguar
A
the number of toucans would decrease
B
the number of butterflies would decrease
C
the number of butterflies would increase
D
the number of toucans would increase
12) In the estuary ecosystem, which organism has the LEAST available energy?
A
fish
B
the Heron
C
algae
D
crabs
13) In a food chain, an arrow is drawn from a grasshopper to a bird. What does this mean?
A
the energy is flowing from the grasshopper to the bird
B
the energy is flowing from the bird to the grasshopper
C
the bird eats the grasshopper
D
the grasshopper eats the bird
14) Which type of animal usually eats both producers and consumers?
A
an omnivore
B
a carnivore
C
a predator
D
an herbivore
15) Which has the greatest effect on the amount of salt in a salt marsh/estuary?
A
the closeness of the marsh/estuary to the ocean
B
the temperature of the water in the marsh/estuary
C
the depth of the water in the marsh/estuary
D
the number of animals living in the marsh/estuary
16) Which classification best describes herbivores?
A
predators
B
producers
C
consumers
D
decomposers
17) What will be most affected if the decomposers in an ecosystem are removed?
A
the spread of disease
B
the availability of water
C
the distribution of organisms
D
the quality of the soil
18) This is a food chain that includes grass, a grasshopper, and a bird. grass → grasshopper → bird. How is the grass in this food chain BEST described?
A
It is a consumer, because it gets energy from producer
B
It is a producer, because it makes its own food.
C
It is a decomposer, because it breaks down sunlight
D
It is a producer, because it is eaten by consumers.
19) Which would most likely cause a decrease in a population of herbivores?
A
an increase in the types of plants
B
an increase in the number of carnivores
C
a decrease in the number of decomposers
D
an increase in the number of producers
20) What would most likely happen if all of the decomposers in an ecosystem were removed?
A
The plants in the ecosystem would begin to die out because of a decrease in available water.
B
The animals in the ecosystem would eat other types of food because of a decrease in producers.
C
The animals in the ecosystem would die because of the spread of disease
D
The plants in the ecosystem would eventually die because of a lack of nutrients in the soil.
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