Name:__________________

Joyous Celebration of Learning!

(a.k.a unit exam)

1. Write living or nonliving on the line under each picture. /6

Dried leaves Goldfish Metal Spoon

______________________ ______________________ ______________________

Moss Sand Fungi

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

2. Fill in the blank for the sentence below. /1

A _______________________________ is a series of stages that a living thing passes through as

it is born, grows and dies.

3. What stage of the life cycle is the plant in the picture to the left in? /1

A. seed
B. seedling
C. mature plant with flowers
D. seed pod
 Name:__________________

4. Draw and correctly label the life cycle of a frog. /4

5. Dead plants and animals break down after they die. This is called ____________. /1
A. nutirents
B. bacteria
C. decay
D. mold

6. What would be a correct food chain? /1

A. Frog, tadpole, grasshopper, plant
B. Tadpole, frog egg, fish, plant
C. Plant, grasshopper, fish, eagle
D. Duck, pondweed, fish, eagle

7. List 3 reasons wetlands are useful. /3

_______________________, _________________________, __________________________

8. Label the 3 different pond zones in the picture below. /3

 Name:__________________

9. What is a characteristic of a bog? /1

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water

10. What is a characteristic of a fen? /1

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water

11. What is a characteristic of a swamp? /1

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water

12. List 3 human actions that threaten our wetlands /3

_________________________ , __________________________ , ______________________

13. What is a characteristic of a decomposer? /1

A. Make own food from sunlight

B. Eat other living plants and animals
C. Reuse and recycle formerly living materials
D. None of the above
 Name:__________________

14. What is the primary energy source of a food chain? /1

A. Sun
B. Plants
C. Animals
D. All of the above

15. Which out of the following is a primary consumer? /1

A. Fox
B. Caterpillar
C. Worm
D. Mouse

16. While at Kerry Wood Nature Center you notice a deer in the distance eating leaves off of a
tree. Which of the following is correct? /1
a. The deer is a carnivore
b. The deer is a herbivore
c. The deer is a omnivore
d. The deer is a leavivore

17. An animal that eats meat is known as a _____________. /1

a. Herbivore
b. Omnivore
c. Carnivore
d. Monster

18. What would an animal who is an omnivore eat? /1

a. Both meat and plants
b. Only meat
c. Only plants
d. They dont eat
 Name:__________________

Pretend you belong to a club that has decided to protect a wonderful pond you found in a
farmers field -- close to your home (use this scenario to answer the following questions)

19. What could be some of the actions you could take to help others (your community) become
aware of the value of this ecosystem? /3

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

20. What would you tell people to convince them? /2

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Knock knock!

Whos there?

Lettuce.

Lettuce who?

Lettuce celebrate because the test is over!!!

 Name:__________________

Answer Key:

1. Write living or nonliving on the line under each picture.

Dried leaves Goldfish Metal Spoon

Nonliving Living Nonliving

Moss Sand Fungi

Living Nonliving Living

2. Fill in the blank for the sentence below.

A life cycle is a series of stages that a living thing passes through as it is born, grows and dies.

3. What stage of the life cycle is the plant in the picture to the left in? (Circle the best answer.)

A. seed
B. seedling
C. mature plant with flowers
D. seed pod
 Name:__________________

4. Draw and correctly label the life cycle of a frog

5. Dead plants and animals break down after they die. This is called ____________.
A. nutirents
B. Bacteria
C. Decay
D. mold

6. What would be a correct food chain?

A. Frog, tadpole, grasshopper, plant
B. Tadpole, frog egg, fish, plant
C. Plant, grasshopper, fish, eagle
D. Duck, pondweed, fish, eagle

7. List 3 reasons wetlands are useful.

Provide habitat ilter water

F Control flooding
_________________________, _____________________________, __________________________
 Name:__________________

8. Label the 3 different pond zones in the picture below.

9. What is a characteristic of a bog?

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water

10. What is a characteristic of a fen?

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water

11. What is a characteristic of a swamp?

A. water comes from precipitation

B. water comes from runoff and underground
C. referred to as forested wetlands
D. open standing water
 Name:__________________

12. List 3 human actions that threaten our wetlands

Trapping and hunting pond life Drainage projects introducing nonnative species

__________________________ , ______________________________ , ______________________

13. What is a characteristic of a decomposer?

A. Make own food from sunlight

B. eat other living plants and animals
C. reuse and recycle formerly living materials

14. What is the primary energy source of a food chain?

A. Sun
B. Plants
C. Animals
D. All of the above

15. Which out of the following is a primary consumer?

A. Fox
B. Caterpillar
C. Worm
D. Mouse

16. While at Kerry Wood Nature Center you notice a deer in the distance eating leaves off of a
tree. Which of the following is correct? /1
A. The deer is a carnivore
B. The deer is a herbivore
C. The deer is a omnivore
D. The deer is a leavivore

17. An animal that eats meat is known as a _____________. /1

A. Herbivore
B. Omnivore
C. Carnivore
D. Monster
 Name:__________________

18. What would an animal who is an omnivore eat? /1

A. Both meat and plants
B. Only meat
C. Only plants
D. They dont eat

Pretend you belong to a club that has decided to protect a wonderful pond you found in a
farmers field -- close to your home (use this scenario to answer the following questions)

19. What could be some of the actions you could take to help others in your community become
aware of the value of this ecosystem? /3

Answers will vary

20. What would you tell people to convince them? /2

Answers will vary