In this quiz, You will learn about the various ecosystems and their properties. You will also get to know about the various food chains and the roles of different species in the different food chains. All the quiz problems are created in an engaging manner by including diagrams and pictures for making a better understanding of the topic.
Select the temperate deciduous forest ecosystem.
This ecosystem has:
1. A small amount of rain or snow.
2. Dry, thin soil.
3. Long and cold winters.
This ecosystem has:
1. Warm, wet winters and cold, wet winters.
2. Soil that is rich in nutrients.
3. Only a few types of trees.
This ecosystem has:
1. Warm summer and warm winter.
2. A rainy season and dry season.
3. Soil that poor in nutrients.
Select the tundra ecosystem.
This ecosystem has:
1. Warm, wet summers and cold, wet winters.
2. Soil that is rich in nutrients.
3. Only a few types of trees.
This ecosystem has:
1. Long, cold winters and short, cold summers
2. Mostly small plants.
3. Soil that is frozen year-round.
This ecosystem has:
1. Year-round rain and warm temperature.
2. Soil that is poor in nutrients.
3. Many different types of organism.
Mount Rainier National Park is a taiga ecosystem in Washington State. The park is named after a volcano called Mount Rainier, which is covered in glaciers.
Which statements describe the Mount Rainier National Park ecosystem?
It has soil that is rich in nutrients.
It has soil that is frozen year-round.
It has soil that is poor in nutrients.
The Sonoran Desert is a hot desert ecosystem in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. This desert is home to wild saguaro cactus, which can grow over 70 feet tall.
Which statements describe the Sonoran Desert ecosystem? Select all that apply.
It has warm, wet summers.
It has many different types of organisms.
It has dry, thin soil.
This diagram shows a food chain from Lake Superior, a freshwater ecosystem on the border of the United States and Canada.
In this food chain, which is the producer?
Algae
Whirligig beetle
Mayfly
Mudminnow
This diagram shows a food chain from the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary ecosystem in Maryland and Virginia.
In this food chain, the weakfish is a tertiary consumer. Why?
It makes its own food.
It eats a secondary consumer.
It eats a tertiary consumer.
Below is a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in Wyoming.
What is the role of katydid in the food chain?
Producer
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer