Ecosystems Concept 1 Quiz

What is an ecosystem?

• a place with nonliving things that eat one another

• a place where biotic and abiotic things interact

• a place where biotic things attach abiotic things

• a place where living things sleep

What is a biotic component that exists in a pond ecosystem and what is its role in the ecosystem?

• A turtle: its role is to eat the fish

• A shark: its role is be a food source for the turtles

• A fish: its role is to be a food source for the turtles

• A duck: its role is to eat snails and fish

• Lily Pad: its role is to provide a hiding place for fish

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Name an abiotic compenent that exists in a pond ecosystem and explain its role in the ecosystem.

• Water: provides a place to live for the fish

• Trees: provide shade for the animals

• Rocks: provide a hiding place for animals

• Cattails: provide food for animals

• Air: provides oxygen for the animals and carbon dioxide for the plants

Select the BEST descriptors of a LENTIC ecosystem:

• algae is the base of the food chain

• rivers and streams

• lakes and ponds

• still water

• flowing water

Select the BEST descriptors of a LOTIC ecosystem:

• flowing water

• still water

• lakes and ponds

• fallen leaves & twigs are the base of the food chain

• rivers and streams

What type of ecosystem do we have here in New Oxford, PA?

• Desert

• Temperate Forest

• Tropical Rainforest

• Grassland

What does habitat mean?

• the habits of a plant or animal

• what a plant or animal eats

• the way an animal or plant moves

• a place where a plant or animal meets its needs to survive

Consumers are...

• animals that are eaten

• animal that drinks fruit punch

• organisms that must find their own food

• organisms that make their own food

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Producers are...

• organisms that make their own food

• animals that hunt for their food

• organisms that find shelter under rocks

• consumers that eat prey

A predator is...

• a plant that makes its own food

• a producer

• animals that are eaten

• a consumer that eats prey