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Fifth Grade (Grade 5) Ecology Questions

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Grade 5 Conservation and Biodiversity
When an animal becomes extinct, the ecosystem becomes
  1. wild.
  2. weak.
  3. unbalanced.
  4. balanced.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Carnivores obtain energy by eating
  1. plants.
  2. animals.
  3. animals and plants.
  4. the food they make.
Grade 5 Biomes
What biome has hot summers and cool winters, a medium amount of rain, and soil rich in nutrients?
  1. prairie grassland
  2. hot desert
  3. tropical rainforest
  4. taiga
Grade 5 Conservation and Biodiversity
What is the most important reason endangered species should be protected?
  1. People pay a lot of money to visit zoos and see endangered animals.
  2. Protecting endangered species removes pollution from the environment.
  3. Endangered species are viewed as unique by the people in the community.
  4. When any endangered species dies, it affects other animals within the ecosystem.
Grade 5 Symbiosis
Animals that hunt other animals to eat are                .
  1. prey.
  2. omnivores.
  3. predators.
  4. herbivores.
Grade 5 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
What is a population?
  1. all the species that live in the same area together
  2. two parent cells joining together to form a new cell
  3. group of similar organisms that share the same area
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which two animals shown below are both primary consumers?
  1. Pictograph - EaglePictograph - Snake
  2. Pictograph - SnakePictograph - Mice
  3. Pictograph - Adult ButterflyPictograph - Eagle
  4. Pictograph - MicePictograph - Adult Butterfly
Grade 5 Biogeochemical Cycles
The continuous movement of nitrogen between air, soil, plants, and animals is the
  1. carbon cycle.
  2. atmosphere.
  3. nitrogen cycle.
  4. pollutant.
Grade 5 Conservation and Biodiversity
A predator hunts its prey.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Biotic and Abiotic
Which of the following is an abiotic factor in our environment?
  1. cat
  2. dog
  3. sidewalk
Grade 5 Biomes
Even though it is cold, Antarctica is a desert biome.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Biomes
What adaptation best helps elk to survive in the taiga biome?
  1. thick fur
  2. large antlers
  3. changing fur color
  4. shedding fur
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A producer does not need the Sun to survive.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Biotic and Abiotic
Humans are biotic factors in our environment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
The sequence of organisms through which energy flows is a
  1. food chain.
  2. food pyramid.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A vulture is an example of a                 .
  1. predator.
  2. scavenger.
  3. carnivore.
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which animal is an herbivore?
  1. cow
  2. tiger
  3. human
Grade 5 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
All of the populations in an ecosystem make up a
  1. habitat.
  2. community.
  3. population.
  4. kingdom.
Grade 5 Ecology
Ecology is the study of how all living things relate to one another and their world.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
An example of an invasive species damaging an ecosystem is                                                                 .
  1. robins building a nest in a tree.
  2. foxes hunting a rabbit.
  3. kudzu vines climbing on native plants and blocking out sunlight.
  4. deer grazing on a farmer's crops.
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