Ecosystem Vocab

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Science
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5th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Pick the best name for the picture.
Food Web
Food Chain
Ecosystem
Habitat
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the arrow in a food chain or food web mean?
A series of steps in which organisms transfer (move) energy by eating and being eaten.
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
Shows what eats what and consists of many food chains in an ecosystem
The transfer (movement) of energy.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the definition of the word decomposer?
Shows what eats what and consists of many food chains in an ecosystem
The transfer (movement) of energy.
An animal that eats other animals
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following types of relationships to their descriptions:
Competition
One organism benefits while the other remains neutral
Mutualism
One organism benefits at the expense of the other
Commensalism
Both organisms benefit (help each other)
Parasitism
Both organisms are harmed by fighting over a resource
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers. Both species benefit.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A species that is NOT native to a particular region is called
natural
invasive
endemic
extraordinary
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
commensalism
mutualism
parasitism
predation
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-4
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