SYDNEY COLLEGE

4THGrade (Science)
Miss Sabrina Fraticelli – Miss Paulina Jeldres
TEST
The ecosystem
STUDENT’S NAME DATE GRADE POINTS SCORE

4º A/B / 58 %
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
OA1 -Reconocer, por medio de la exploración, que un ecosistema está compuesto por elementos vivos (animales, plantas,
etc.) y no vivos (piedras, aguas, tierra, etc.) que interactúan entre sí.
OA2 -Observar y comparar adaptaciones de plantas y animales para sobrevivir en los ecosistemas en relación con su
estructura y conducta; por ejemplo: cubierta corporal, camuflaje, tipo de hojas, hibernación, entre otras.
OA3 -Dar ejemplos de cadenas alimentarias, identificando la función de los organismos productores, consumidores y
descomponedores, en diferentes ecosistemas de Chile.
Item I: Multiple Choices:

Choose and circle the correct alternative: (10 points)

1. Which list contains only nonliving things in an environment?

A. sunlight, water, soil

B. snails, water, mushrooms
C. soil, trees, worms
D. rocks, snails, grass

2. What do you know about Living things?

A. They can see, hear, and smell.

B. They can move, grow and reproduce.
C. They lives in a doghouse.
D. They has an owner who is alive.

3. Which of the following is a nonliving organism?

A. a rock
B. a fish
C. a penguin
D. a plant

4. Which of the following is a Community?

A. Living thing of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.
B. Living things of the same species and all of the interactions that occur between them.
C. A group of communities of livings things.
D. Groups of population that lives in the same area at the same time.
5. It’s a thing that can move, grow and reproduce:

A. It is dead.
B. It is nonliving.
C. It is alive.
D. It is a plant.
II. Give an example for each level of organization of living things: (6 points)

Population:_______________________________

Community: _______________________________

Ecosystem: _______________________________

III. Read and complete the Diagram (5 points)

IV. Write the definition: (6 points)

decomposers consumers producers

 _______________ They use sunlight and other substances from the environment to

produce their food.

 _______________ They obtain energy by eating other living things.

 _______________ They transform the waste left by producers to make food.

 V. Read and complete using the corresponding Interaction in the ecosystem (6 points)

mutualism predation competion

 Two species with the same needs compete: _______________________________

 One living thing eats another for food: __________________________________

 Two living things mutually benefit:______________________________________

VI. Read and complete using the corresponding how animals protect themselves (6 points)

camouflage mimicry behavior

 ___________________ some animals have colors and shapes that are very similar to

the environment.

 ___________________ many animals adopte the appearance of another animals.

 ___________________ some animals hibernate, others like the porcupine, raise their

spines when they feel threatened.

VII. Look at the food chain and complete the information according to the role in the
ecosystem (4 points)

1. Owl:____________________

2. Plant: ___________________

3. Rat: _____________________

4. Fungi:____________________
 VIII. Classify the types of ecosystem: (9 points)

jungles – forest – rivers – lakes – coast – wetlands – oceans – grasslands – desert

Terrestrial Aquatic Mixed

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IX. Draw a example for each ecosystem: (6 points)

Terrestrial Aquatic Mixed

““Mira que te mando que te esfuerces y seas valiente; no temas ni desmayes. Porque Jehová tu Dios estará

contigo en dondequiera que vayas” Josué 1:7