CHAPTER 5 - ECOSYSTEMS

True or False ? write your reason !

1. The living part of an ecosystem depend on nonliving parts. ______________

Because _____________________________________________________________

2. The living parts depend on one another / other living parts.________________

Because _____________________________________________________________

3. A crack in a sidewalk can also be a habitat. _________________

Because ____________________________________________________________\

4. Habitat is not home. ____________________

Because _____________________________________________________________

5. Zebra and horse are from one same population. __________________

Because _____________________________________________________________

6. Zebra in Africa and zebrain Indonesia are in one same population. _______________

Because _____________________________________________________________

7. All population in the same place make up a community. _________________

Because _____________________________________________________________

8. Forest is an ecosystem. _______________

Because _____________________________________________________________

9. Population is same with community. ______________

Because _____________________________________________________________

10. The picture below is a community. _______________

Because ____________________________________

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 Essay

1. How are the consumer and decomposer similar ? how are they different ?

Consumer Decomposer

2. In a forest ecosystem food web, grass and trees are producers. Mice and rabbits are

herbivores. Owl are carnivores. Suppose a large part of the forest is cleared to build

houses. How might this effect the living things in this food web ?

3. Suppose that a large number of mouse leave an ecosystem.

What effect might this have on the consumers that eat mouse ?

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Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The following which describes an ECOSYSTEM is …

a. A penguin is looking for food in the water
b. Some penguins get together in the arctic
c. Some animals living in the arctic and make interactions.
d. The cold temperature in the arctic

2. The correct description from the following terms in an ecosystem is

a. A producer eats other organism
b. A consumer produces its own food
c. A herbivore eats plants
d. A carnivore eats plants and meat.

3. A place where a living thing makes its home is called…

a. Habitat
b. Community
c. Population
d. Forest

4. The living hing that breaks down waste and dead plant and animal matter is
a. Hawk
b. Fungi
c. Water
d. Grassn

5. In the marsh ecosystem, the raccoon eat plants, fish, and small animals thata live in the
marsh. From the information above, we can infer that the raccoon are…
a. Herbivores
b. Carnivores
c. Omnivores
d. Scavengers

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6. Look at the food chain below.
Grass Grasshopper Mouse Snake
The predator in the food chain above is …
a. Grass
b. Grasshopper
c. Mouse
d. Snake

7. An example of how the living thing and the nonliving thing interact in an ecosystem is
a. An ant using a tree as shelter
b. A bird eats an insect
c. A worm digs the soil to find food
d. A snake using a mouse for food

8. The water in a lake ecosystem is an example of..

a. Habitat
b. Community
c. Population
d. Living thing

9. A situation that describe how a natural event cause changes to the environment is
a. Plants die from lack of water during a drought
b. A groundhog digs up soil to make borrows
c. The roots of big trees are cracking the soil
d. Human are cutting down trees in a forest

10. A seasonal change is exlplained by…

a. A worm lives in the soil
b. Duck migrate to warmer places
c. Wolves population is decreasing as the population of deer is disappearing
d. A lot of leaves are falling from a tree because of the heavy rain last night

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