5th Grade Ecosystems

Which statement below best describes an ecosystem?

• An area with lots of plants and animals.
• A natural environment.
• An area made of living and non-living things.
• An animal's habitat.

What is the producer's role in a food chain?

• To make their own food using the sun's energy.
• To hunt other animals for food.
• To break down waste and dead plants.
• To eat both plants and animals. 

A deer eats grass and leaves from bushes and trees.  What kind of consumer is a deer?

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore

A hawk flies low over the grassland, hunting for a prairie dog.  Which organism is the predator?

• The hawk
• The prairie dog
• Neither are predators.

Which aquatic ecosystem listed below is an example of brackish water?

• Lake
• Pond
• Ocean
• Estuary

What model is used to show how food chains connect to one another?

• Energy Pyramid
• Food Web
• Ecosystem Drawing
• Herbivore

Which is an example of a food chain?

• grass, rabbit, snake, owl
• rabbit, grass, snake, owl
• grass, fox, mouse, owl

Terrestrial ecosystems include forest, rainforest, grasslands, deserts, tundra, and oceans.

• True
• False

Terrestrial ecosystems means land ecosystems.  

• True
• False

Living things that get energy by eating

• producer
• consumers
• decomposer