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Fifth Grade (Grade 5) Ecology Questions

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Grade 5 Symbiosis
What is a relationship where two different organisms are dependent upon each other?
  1. photosynthesis
  2. sensibility
  3. similarities
  4. symbiosis
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which is a decomposer?
  1. Pictograph - Mice
  2. Pictograph - Mushroom
  3. Pictograph - Snake
  4. Pictograph - Grass
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
In an ecosystem, there are producers, herbivores, and carnivores. What group of organisms is an example of this?
  1. rabbit, squirrel, chicken
  2. grass, algae, flower
  3. human, bird, sandwich
  4. grass, rabbit, fox
Grade 5 Biomes
The biome                     has four seasons.
  1. taiga
  2. desert
  3. deciduous forest
  4. tropical rainforest
Grade 5 Biomes
Which ecosystem is richest in biodiversity?
  1. temperate forest
  2. tropical rainforest
  3. temperate grassland
  4. desert
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which shows energy relationships between all the species in a community and shows how food chains can connect?
  1. food web
  2. habitat
  3. niche
  4. environment
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Humans belong to the classification of
  1. carnivores.
  2. herbivores.
  3. omnivores.
Grade 5 Biomes
Which adaptation best helps elk to survive in the taiga biome?
  1. thick fur
  2. large antlers
  3. change color
  4. shed their fur
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Plants that obtain energy through photosynthesis are
  1. consumers.
  2. producers.
  3. decomposers.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
What is an animal that eats only meat?
  1. carnivore
  2. human
  3. omnivore
  4. herbivore
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
An example of a decomposer is a
  1. mushroom.
  2. frog.
  3. grass.
  4. lion.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
“Nature’s recyclers” are
  1. decomposers.
  2. consumers.
  3. producers.
  4. predators.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
What is the relationship between the Sun, plants, and animals in a food web?
  1. The Sun provides energy for both plants and animals in a food web.
  2. The Sun provides energy for plants to make their own food, and animals eat plants or other animals.
Grade 5 Biogeochemical Cycles
What is the greenhouse effect?
  1. Gases are trapped in Earth's atmosphere and cool the planet.
  2. Gases are trapped in Earth's atmosphere and warm the planet.
  3. The Sun is heating up Earth's surface.
  4. The moon is cooling Earth's surface.
Grade 5 Biogeochemical Cycles
The continuous transfer of carbon between the atmosphere and organisms is the
  1. nitrogen cycle.
  2. carbon cycle.
  3. hemisphere.
  4. water cycle.
Grade 5 Symbiosis
Which symbiotic relationship is an example of parasitism?
  1. ticks feeding on a dog
  2. bees transporting pollen from flowers
  3. pilot fish swimming under sharks
  4. birds eating insects from the back of a hippo
Grade 5 Biotic and Abiotic
Biotic means nonliving, whereas abiotic means living.
  1. The statement is correct.
  2. The statement is incorrect.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
Which statement best explains why many kinds of plants and animals can live together in an ecosystem?
  1. They all care for and protect one another.
  2. They have nothing to do with each other, so they can live together.
  3. They are all part of a food chain and depend on each other to live.
  4. They all feed on the same things, so they compete with each other for food.
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A                 predator is the animal at the top of a food chain.
  1. primary
  2. secondary
  3. tertiary
  4. top
Grade 5 Biomes
Global warming is threatening the stability of tundra biomes.
  1. True
  2. False
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