Gr 5 - Term 3 - Mock Quiz 4

Organisms that help the recycle of the nutrients in an ecosystem are called ______

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• omnivores

What is TRUE about the decomposers

• An organism that eats only plants

• An organism that eats living plants and animals

• An organism that eats death plants and animals

• An organism makes it's own food

While walking through a nearby forest, you find some fungi growing on a tree stump. What role does the fungi play in an forest ecosystem?

• It eats living organisms

• It breaks down death tree matter

• It produces oxygen that is used by other foreset organisms

• It uses the sunlight to make food for the forest trees.

What is the name of the process in which the remains of living things break down, decay or rot?

• dissove

• disintegration

• decomposition

• recycling

Identify the organism that is NOT a decomposer

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Mold

• Grass

What best describes the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• Decomposers get energy by breaking down decaying matter

• Decomposers get energy from the Sun to help producers

• Decomposers eat consumers and pass energy

• Decomposers do not need energy

Which of the following is not a part of geosphere?

• Soil

• Mountain

• Rivers

• Volcanoes

Where does the water go, when the water evaporates from the puddle on the street?

• Rivers or streams

• Rises into the atmosphere

• sinks into the street

• outer space

Which of the Earth's system interact with each other

• Hydrosphere and Geosphere only

• Hydrosphere and Biosphere

• Atmosphere and Biosphere

• All of the Earth's systems interact with each other

Where are all the living things found?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere