5th Grade Ecosystem Quiz 9/2/22

All living and nonliving things that interact in an area make up a(n) _______

• ecosystem

• nutrient

• organism

• environment

What is the bottom layer of a rainforest ecosystem?

• understory

• emergent layer

• forest floor

• canopy

Which of the following is a NONLIVING thing?

• beetle

• sunlight

• jaguar

• lizard

Which of the following is a part of an ecosystem?

• the air

• the soil

• the trees

• all of them

What is the top layer of the rainforest ecosystem?

• understory

• forest floor

• emergent layer

• canopy

Tropical rainforests have ______ all year long.

• dry weather

• constant heat

• little sunlight

• few organisms

A _____ ecosystem has the largest variety of animals.

• pond

• river

• forest

• rainforest

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Pond animals depend on plants and other animals for

• food

• shelter

• protection

• all of them

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In a rainforest, large amounts of dead leaves and plants are found on the

• emergent layer

• forest floor

• understory

• canopy

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Any _____ is an organism.

• living thing

• rock formation

• ecosystem

• nonliving thing

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