MARULAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Third Periodical Exam

SCIENCE-6

Name:______________________________________ Date: _________________ Score__________________

I. Multiple Choice: Read each item carefully. Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. Where does the energy within any ecosystem come from?
a. Consumers b. decomposers c. producers d. sunlight
2. Scavengers are vital to recycling in an ecosystem because they eat the remains of dead
inhabitants. Which of these organisms is a scavenger?
a. Earthworm b. fungi c. hawk d. vulture
3. A butterfly sips nectar of a flower. The flower is pollinated by the butterfly. What type of
relationship is shown by the butterfly and the flower?
a. Commensalism b. mutualism c. parasitism d. predation
4. Which food chain occurs in a pond ecosystem?
a. Trees-deer- crocodile c. algae-shrimp-fish
b. Plant-caterpillar-birds d. grasses-grasshopper-frog
5. If you study ecosystems to learn about relationships between organisms and any changes
in population that take place over a long period of time, you would be…
a. A biologist b. an ecologist c. an economist d. a zoologist
6. What is a consumer that feed directly upon a producer?
a. Carnivore b. first-order consumer
b. c. second-order consumer d. third-order consumer
7. Which of the following animals are true hibernators?
a. Brown bears b. monkey c. tiger d. rat
8. An organism that consumes both producers and other consumers is called________________
a. Carnivore b. omnivore c. herbivore d. predator
9. The primary difference between a food chain and the food web is that____________
a. A food web shows how energy is used
b. A food chain shows how energy is used
c. A food web is a complex system of food chains
d. A food web is a combination of different food webs
10. Which gases are being exchanged by the plants and animals?
a. Oxygen and nitrogen c. oxygen and carbon dioxide
b. Oxygen and carbon monoxide d. nitrogen and carbon dioxide
11. In a predator-prey relationship, what happens when there is less predator population in the
ecosystem?
a. Prey population increases c. prey population decreases
b. Prey population remains the same d. both population increase
12. An ecosystem contains ________________
a. Only the biotic components of the environment
b. Only the abiotic components of the environment
c. Only the energy flow components of the environment
d. Both the living organisms and the abiotic component of the environment
13. The clean-up crew are the decomposers. Decomposers and scavengers get rid of the
wastes in an ecosystem. Decomposers differ from scavengers because
they_________________
a. Only eat dead organisms c. break down larger organisms
b. Do not eat dead organisms d. only feed on dead plants and animals
14. Which is not a form of symbiosis?
a. Commensalism b. mutualism c. competition d. parasitism
15. Which practices disrupt the balance in nature?
I. Deforestation III. Mining
II. Illegal fishing IV. Proper garbage disposal
a. I and II b. II and III c. I, II, and III d. II, III, and IV
16. How does human population affect the ecosystem?
a. Animals are conserved
b. Forests are cleared to give way to large subdivisions
c. Plants and animals remained in the ecosystem
d. Plants are conserved for the need of the people
17. One way of changing our impact on the environment we live in is to _______________.
a. Pack our garbage in a smaller bag
b. Be aware of all the resources use
c. Use a car instead of taking the bus to get to work
d. Take a bath using a shower instead of using a pail and dipper

18. Which is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

a. Animals b. decomposers c. plants d. temperature
19. This is the top part of the rain forest.
a. Canopy b. floor c. subcanopy d. understory
20. What is the main reason for the diminishing rainforest area in the Philippines?
a. Climate change b. deforestation c. dynamite fishing
21. Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?
a. grass cow human b. caterpillar leaf  human
c. cow grass human d. leaf bird  caterpillar
22. Rabbits eat grass and other plants to survive, but they do not eat animals. What kind of
animal are rabbits?
a. decomposers b. carnivores
c. producers d. herbivores
23. How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?
a. They break down dead organisms and add nutrients back to the soil that plants use.
b. They use the sunlight to make their own food that other organisms eat for energy.
c. They help disperse seeds for plant growth.
d. Decomposers do not help organisms in an ecosystem
24. In what order do a hawk, grass, and rabbit form a food chain in a meadow?
a. Hawkgrassrabbit
b. Grasshawkrabbit
c. Rabbitgrasshawk
d. Grassrabbithawk
25. Which of the following lists only consumers
a. Hawks, lizard, chipmunks
b. corn, squirrels, rabbit
c. Grass, chipmunks, eagles
d. Mice, squirrels, grass
26. What effect would there be on the ecosystem we live in, if all biting insects were
eliminated
a. Very little effect c. no effect at all
b. catastrophic effect d. a minor inconvenience
27. Organisms in an ecosystem can be classified as producers or consumers. The producers
provide food for the consumers. An organism that consumes both plants and animals is
called a...
a. hervibores b. omnivores
c. carnivores d. prey
28. Organisms that consume only producers are known as...
a. hervibores b. omnivores
c. carnivores d. predator
29. Organisms that consume other consumers are known as...
a. herbivores b. omnivores
c. carnivores d. producers
30. Some living things depend on each other in a very close relationship, which lasts over time.
This relationship is called...
a. symbiosis b. parasitosis
c. mutualosis d. commensalosis
31. Tapeworms live inside organisms and feed on the nutrients of the organism they live in. A
tapeworm is an example of...
a. patriotism b. mutualism
c. parasitism d. commensalism
32. A particular relationship where one organism benefits (like a tree and orchid- which
receives
Access to sunlight) and the organism (the tree) is not harmed or helped is called....
a. divisionism b. parasitism
c. mutualism d. commensalism
33. The relationship where organisms help each other –such as the goby fish and the snapping
shrimp is called...
a. partnerism b. parasitism
c. mutualism d. commensalism
34. A parasitic relationship is demonstrated by a....
a. mosquito sucking blood from its host b. a whale that has barnacles on it
c. butterflies pollinating flowers d. cattle with birds on their back
35. A food chain is a convenient way to show how this moves among living things in an
ecosystem...
a. food b. sugar
c. energy d. interaction
36. A food chain starts with..
a. a small animal b. the consumer
b. a primary consumer d. producer
37. Identify the correct order – showing how energy flows, from beginning to end, in a food
chain that includes these organism:
1- bacteria 2- grasshopper 3- plant
a. 1-2-3 b.1-3-2
c. 2-1-3 d. 3-2-1
38. Rank the following members in an ecosystem- Carnivores , herbivores- Producers
a. herbivores- producers -carnivores
b. herbivores- carnivores- producers
c. producers- carnivores- herbivores
d. producers- herbivores- carnivores
39. Who do herbivores depend on to get the energy they need to sustain life?
a. producers b. omnivores
c. carnivores d. all of the above
40. Why are green plants and algae called producers?
a. They decompose material b. They make food by photosynthesis
c. They consume other living things d. they are at the bottom of the food chain
41. Conifers are
A. Flowering plants B. Vascular plants
C. Nonvascular plants D. Ferns
42. Flowering plants
A. Produce seeds B. Produce spores C. Are nonvascular
43. Tubelike cells that carry food from the leaves to other parts of the plant are called
A. Xylem B. Phloem C. Chloroplasts
44. Liverworts grow
A. On tree tops B. Flat and close to the ground C. Tall, like trees
45. Turpentine, paper, and fuels (coal) are supplied by
A. Flowering plants B. Conifers C. Mosses D. Ferns
46. The process that best separates plants from animals is
A. Respiration B. Reproduction C. Photosynthesis
47. Structures that anchor vascular plants and take in water and minerals are
A. Stems B. Leaves C. Roots D. Flowers
48. Seed plants are divided into two groups called
A. Conifers and flowering plants B. Conifers and ferns C. Mosses and liverworts
49. Cedar and pine trees are classified as
A. Flowering plants B. Liverworts C. Conifers D. Ferns
50. A small, new plant along with nutrient is found inside a
A. Leaf B. Seed C. Spore D. Root
51. The spore cases of most ferns can be found
A. In capsules B. On top of the leaves C. On the underside of leaves
52. Which group of plants usually has needle shaped leaves?
A. Flowering plants B. Conifers C. Mosses D. Ferns
53. Flowering plants are important to us because
A. They provide us with food
B. They provide us with oxygen
C. They provide us with decorations
D. All of the above
54. Which of the following is a vascular plant that reproduces via spores?
A. Conifers B. Mosses C. Ferns D. Flowering plants
55. Flowering plants can be fertilized by
A. Wind B. Insects C. Birds D. All of the above

II. Identify the kind of symbiotic relationship for the following organisms;
1. remora fish and the shark __________________________________________
2. bird and tree ______________________________________________________
3. flower and butterfly ________________________________________________
4. clownfish and sea anemones______________________________________
5. ticks and dog ______________________________________________________
6. mosquito and humans______________________________________________
7. barnacles and whale _______________________________________________
8. oysters and mangroves_____________________________________________
9. crocodile and plover bird___________________________________________
10. lion and buffalo_____________________________________________________

III. Match the description in column A with the concepts in column B. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the space provided before each number.
Column A Column B
_____1. A group of organisms of the same species that a. individual
live in a specific and similar geographic area
_____2. Any living species or organism b. biotic factors
_____3. Groups of ecosystems with climate and the
same kind of biotic and abiotic factors c. population
_____4. Includes populations of different species
in a specific area at a given time d. competition
_____5. Living components of an ecosystem
_____6. The organism that feeds directly on a producer e. primary consumer
_____7. A complete view of how the amount of energy
flow in an ecosystem f. energy pyramid
_____8. Two or more organisms struggle to get and use
the same resources at the same time g. reef
_____9. Chain of large rocky formations from limestone h. energy pyramid
Skeletons i. community
_____10. Brownish algae that live symbiotically j. zooxanthellae
with the corals k. deforestation

IV. Identify the kind of modified stem for the following plants below.

________________________1. Onion
________________________2. Begonia
________________________3. Ginger
________________________4. Potato
________________________5. Creeping Ivy