SCHOOLYARD STUDIES
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
Name:
______________________ Date: _________
Directions: Read
the question carefully and answer based on your knowledge about schoolyard
studies. Circle the correct answer.
1.) Animals that feed on dead organisms are called _____.
A.) Herbivores
B.) Reptiles
C.) Producers
D.) Scavengers
2.) _____ is the study of ecosystems and their relationships
to each other.
A.) Energy
B.) Ecology
C.) Environment
D.) Photosynthesis
3.) The _____ in plants allows them to produce their own
food.
A.) Roots
B.) Chlorophyll
C.) Flowers
D.) Seeds
4.) Where an animal or plant species lives is called its
_____.
A.) Population
B.) Habitat
C.) Food chain
D.) Survival
5.) If you shake a branch of a tree or bush over a
container, you are likely to discover _____.
A.) Some living and non-living things
B.) Only insects
C.) Herbivores and omnivores
D.) Slugs
6.) The number of hawks living in one place has increased.
This may be because there is a large population of _____.
A.) Frogs
B.) Caterpillars
C.) Rabbits
D.) Wheat
7.) A sign of a transient in your study plot might be a
_____.
A.) Spider
B.) Feather
C.) Rock
D.) Root
8.) Which environmental factor would not be likely to change
your study plot?
A.) A storm
B.) A caterpillar
C.) A shovel
D.) Lack of rain
9.) What should you do to protect the environmental balance
of your study plot?
A.) Re-seed the soil
B.) Remove all the weeds
C.) Take a photograph
D.) Kill all the ants
10.) The water in the lake is clear and beautiful, but no
one can catch a fish there anymore. This may be because _____.
A.) A great blue heron ate all the fish
B.) You caught all the fish last summer
C.) The fish are not hungry
D.) Pesticides have killed the fish’s food chain
11.) Which is the only organism to make its own food?
A.) Cow
B.) Bird
C.) Corn plant
D.) Spider
12.) Karen wants to do a study of the changing air
temperature over a month’s time. What should she be sure to do?
A.) Measure the air temperature at the same time of day, one
day of the week for four weeks
B.) Measure the air temperature on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday at sunrise and at sunset
C.) Measure the ground temperature and the air temperature
at noon every day for three weeks
D.) Measure the air temperature and carefully record Celsius
and Fahrenheit thermometer reading on the first day of every month.
13.) Which of the following would not be a correct food
chain?
A.) Sun ? dandelion ? caterpillar ? frog
B.) Sun ? clover ? rabbit ? owl
C.) Sun ? wheat ? frog ? snake
D.) Sun ? sunflower seeds ? mouse ? hawk
14.) Which of the following consumers is an omnivore?
A.) Grasshoppers
B.) Humans
C.) Cats
D.) Mice
15.) Which of the following are producers?
A.) Soil and grasses
B.) Grasses and mice
C.) Snakes and hawks
D.) Corn plants and clover
16.) Which metric unit is used to measure temperature?
A.) Celsius
B.) Centimeter
C.) Kilogram
D.) Liter
17.) Which unit would not be used to measure the distance
around a schoolyard study plot?
A.) Inch
B.) Centimeter
C.) Meter
D.) Kilometer
18.) Use the word bank below to complete each sentence.
Write each word in the space provided. When you are finished carefully read
your sentences to make sure they make sense.
1. Consumers that eat only plants are called
___________________________.
2. Consumers that eat only animals are called
__________________________.
3. Consumers that eat plants and animals are called
_____________________.
4. When plants use the sun to turn carbon dioxide from air
and water into food it is called _____________________________________________.
5. A vulture is an example of a ___________________________,
since it feeds on dead organisms.
6. Some examples of herbivores are man, birds,
______________________, many insects, and many lizards.
7. Some examples of carnivores are sharks, foxes, dogs, and
______________.
8. Food chains provide the __________________ for all living
things to survive.
9. The only organisms on earth which can make their own food
and are not dependent on a food chain to survive are
____________________________.
10. Every organism that eats something else is a
________________________.
Word Bank:
lions, plants, omnivores, photosynthesis, carnivores,
scavenger, herbivores, rabbits, energy, consumer
19.) Use the word bank below to complete each sentence.
Write each word in the space provided. When you are finished carefully read
your sentences to make sure they make sense.
1. All members of a species that live together in an area
are called a __________________________.
2. __________________________ in plants makes plants green.
3. All plants need light, ______________________, warmth,
and oxygen to grow.
4. Where an animal or plant species lives is called its
____________________.
5. No organism that lives in a particular area can
__________________ on its own.
6. Every ________________________ plays an important role in
its ecosystem.
7. _____________________ is the study of ecosystems and
their relationship to each other.
8. An ecosystem can be as small as a ___________________ or
as large as a forest.
9. The actions of humans can create unfortunate
__________________ to an ecosystem.
10. Chlorophyll in plants allows them to use ____________________
and water to create energy to grow.
Word Bank:
organism, habitat, puddle, carbon dioxide, Ecology,
consequences, chlorophyll, population, water, exist
ANSWER KEY
1. D
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. 1. Herbivore 2. Carnivore 3. Omnivores 4. Photosynthesis
5. Scavenger 6. Rabbits 7. Lions 8. Energy 9. Plants 10. Consumer
19. 1. Population 2. Chlorophyll 3. Water 4. Habitat 5.
Exist 6. Organism 7. Ecology 8. Puddle 9. Consequences 10. Carbon dioxide