Chapter 5 Review - ecosystems

Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living thing and a nonliving thing in an ecosystem?

• a snake using a mouse as food

• an insect using a plant as shelter

• a bird using an insect as food

• a worm using the soil as shelter

The water in a wetland is an example of a ...

• living part

• population

• community

• habitat

Which of the following describes a mushroom?

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

• carnivore

Grass - rabbit - fox

how does the fox get energy?

• from eating grass

• from the sun

• from eating rabbits

• from eating other foxes

Pigs eat both plants and animals. Pigs are...

• producers

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Which is a way that a drought changes an ecosystem?

• Beaches wash away

• plants die from lack of water

• plants have more room to grow

• animals habitats are flooded

Which is NOT an example of a seasonal adaptation?

• Bats hibernating in the winter

• Trees shed their leaves in the fall

• Groundhogs dig burrows underground

• birds migrate to warmer places

Which is an example of living thing causing a change to an environment?

• beaver dam

• forest fires

• hurricanes

• floods

If houses start being built in a forest where their are many herbivores and carnivores, how might this affect the living things?