Trivia: Ecosystem Quiz! Knowledge Test!

1. The natural home of an organism is called its

Population

Community

Habitat

House

2. An ecosystem can be any size.

True

False

Neither true nor false

Continents

3. _____________ is the word given to describe particular types of organisms.

Community

Type

Species

Humans

4. What name is given to a large area of Earth containing plants, animals, weather patterns and landforms?

Biome

Bionicle

Bionic

Bone

5. The process by which a plant makes its own food is known as

Feeding

Photosynthesis

Growing

Sunlight

6. Humans are home to hundreds of different kinds of bacteria and other microorganisms.

True

False

Neither

Both

7. Wind, _________ , drought, lightning, and fires are all part of the Everglades ecosystem. Which weather pattern is missing?

Hurricanes

Icebergs

Lions

Penguins

8. A ECOSYSTEM can be defined as

A system of interacting plants and animals in a desert only.

The system of interaction between living and non-living things in an area.

The system of only living things in an area.

The system of only non-living things in an area.

9. Smaller ecosystems can be found inside larger ones.

True

False

Fish

Icebergs

10. Can people cause changes to the living and nonliving parts of the Everglades that can disturb that balance?

No

Yes

Yeesh (like Keeley)

None of the above

11. Florida Bay is the largest body of water in the Everglades.

True

False

There is no water

None of the above

12. A Taiga is different from a Tundra because of the

Bears

Trees

Birds

Ice

13. Animals can be considered 'walking ecosystems' just like humans. Is this

True?

False?

Neither?

Both?

14. A wetland ecosystem can be found in

The Arizona desert

The Sahara desert

The Everglades

Mount Everest

15. Grasses, mosses, and lichens can grow in the Arctic coastal plains.

True

False

Neither

None of the above

16. What name is given to the ecosystem that encompasses the entire Earth?

Biome

Hemisphere

Biosphere

Earth

17. According to the Ecosystems website, how many different kinds of mosquitoes can be found living in the Everglades?

10

43

1

None; they live only in BC

18. Alaska is known as the

Land of the sun

Land of the morning sun

Land of the midsummer sun

Land of the midnight sun

19. Here is an example of an Arctic food chain:

Sunlight, plants, caribou, wolves

Fish, trees, water, polar bears

Sunlight, caribou, plants, wolves, eagles

Birds, plants, wolves, humans

20. Living members of an ecosystem are called

Community

Population

Habitat

Zone

21. Deserts are the driest places on Earth. A desert is an ecosystem where there is very little rainfall. Most deserts get little water in the form of rain each year, but how much?

About 30cm (about 12 inches)

About 25cm (about 10 inches)

About 100cm (about 40 inches)

About 3 metres (a lot)

22. A tundra is

A cold, treeless plain with running water.

A cold, tree filled plain with frozen soil.

A cold, treeless plain with permanently frozen subsoil.

A cold desert.

23. The saguaro cactus is slow-growing and can live for over ________ years! The saguaro cactus blossom is Arizona's state flower.

500 years

250 years

1000 years

200 years

Trivia: EcoSystem Quiz! Knowledge Test!

1. The natural home of an organism is called its

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. An ecosystem can be any size.

3. _____________ is the word given to describe particular types of organisms.

4. What name is given to a large area of Earth containing plants, animals, weather patterns and landforms?

5. The process by which a plant makes its own food is known as

6. Humans are home to hundreds of different kinds of bacteria and other microorganisms.

7. Wind, _________ , drought, lightning, and fires are all part of the Everglades ecosystem. Which weather pattern is missing?

8. A ECOSYSTEM can be defined as

9. Smaller ecosystems can be found inside larger ones.

10. Can people cause changes to the living and nonliving parts of the Everglades that can disturb that balance?

11. Florida Bay is the largest body of water in the Everglades.

12. A Taiga is different from a Tundra because of the

13. Animals can be considered 'walking ecosystems' just like humans. Is this

14. A wetland ecosystem can be found in

15. Grasses, mosses, and lichens can grow in the Arctic coastal plains.

16. What name is given to the ecosystem that encompasses the entire Earth?

17. According to the Ecosystems website, how many different kinds of mosquitoes can be found living in the Everglades?

18. Alaska is known as the

19. Here is an example of an Arctic food chain:

20. Living members of an ecosystem are called

21. Deserts are the driest places on Earth. A desert is an ecosystem where there is very little rainfall. Most deserts get little water in the form of rain each year, but how much?

22. A tundra is

23. The saguaro cactus is slow-growing and can live for over ________ years! The saguaro cactus blossom is Arizona's state flower.