5th Grade: Biomes Vocab Quiz 1

What is an ecosystem?

• A single organism living in isolation

• A community of organisms surrounded by a physical environment

• A type of weather pattern

• A food chain

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What is adaptation?

• The process of organisms moving to a new environment

• The process enabling species to better suit their environment

• The process of creating a food web

• The process of changing seasons

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What is an aquatic ecosystem?

• An ecosystem located on land

• An ecosystem that is contained in a body of water, fresh or salt water

• An ecosystem with no water

• An ecosystem with only plants

What does diverse mean in the context of ecosystems?

• Made up of identical parts

• Made up of different parts/organisms; a variety

• Made up of only plants

• Made up of only animals

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What is a food chain?

• A diagram that shows the flow of energy in an ecosystem in a single pathway

• A group of interconnected food webs

• A list of all animals in an ecosystem

• A type of plant found in ecosystems

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What is a food web?

• A single food chain

• A group of interconnected food chains

• A type of aquatic plant

• A type of weather pattern

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What is a scavenger?

• An animal that feeds on live organisms

• An animal that feeds on dead organisms

• An animal that only eats plants

• An animal that only eats insects

What is a season?

• A type of plant

• A period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather and temperature

• A type of animal

• A type of ecosystem

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What does temperate mean?

• Extremely hot

• Extremely cold

• Mild, moderate; not too much of one thing

• Very rainy

What is a terrestrial ecosystem?

• An ecosystem located in water

• An ecosystem located on land with a lower availability of water

• An ecosystem with no plants

• An ecosystem with only animals

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