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    This document is a grade 5 science test on wetlands. It consists of four parts: 1) a matching section with 10 questions to define wetland terms, 2) a multiple choice section with 27 questions testing knowledge of wetland ecology, 3) two short answer questions about drawing a duck lifecycle and protecting wetlands, and 4) a long answer question to draw and label a complete wetland food web with producers, consumers, and decomposers. The test covers 44 total marks assessing students' understanding of wetland types, zones, organisms, and food webs.

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    This document is a grade 5 science test on wetlands. It consists of four parts: 1) a matching section with 10 questions to define wetland terms, 2) a multiple choice section with 27 questions testing knowledge of wetland ecology, 3) two short answer questions about drawing a duck lifecycle and protecting wetlands, and 4) a long answer question to draw and label a complete wetland food web with producers, consumers, and decomposers. The test covers 44 total marks assessing students' understanding of wetland types, zones, organisms, and food webs.

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    This document is a grade 5 science test on wetlands. It consists of four parts: 1) a matching section with 10 questions to define wetland terms, 2) a multiple choice section with 27 questions testing knowledge of wetland ecology, 3) two short answer questions about drawing a duck lifecycle and protecting wetlands, and 4) a long answer question to draw and label a complete wetland food web with producers, consumers, and decomposers. The test covers 44 total marks assessing students' understanding of wetland types, zones, organisms, and food webs.

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    Name:________________________________________

    Grade 5 Science: Wetlands Unit Test

    Instructions
    Please write your name on the top right corner of the test. The test includes ten matching,
    seventeen multiple choice, two short answer, and one long answer for a total of 44 marks. Please
    check that you have 5 pages.

    Part A: Matching
    In the blank, write the correct response letter from List B to the definition in List A. No items
    may be used more than once (10 marks).

    List A List B
    1. Plants with roots in the water and stems and A. Aquatic
    leaves out of the water. ________

    2. An animal that does NOT have a backbone.________ B. Abiotic

    3. The middle-zone of a wetland where moisture-loving C. Biotic


    plants live around the edges. ________

    4. Plants that live below the water.________ D. Emergent

    5. Things that are living (ex. Grass and Spiders). ________ E. Floating

    6. Plants that live on the surface of the water. ________ F. Invertebrates

    7. The area in a wetland below the high water mark G. Riparian


    and changes with season. ________

    8. An animal that does have a backbone. ________ H. Submergent

    9. The driest area in a wetland. Provides food and shelter I. Uplands


    for wetland animals. ________

    10. Things that are not living (ex. Mud). _________ J. Vertebrates

    Part B: Multiple Choice


    Please circle the correct answer to the following multiple-choice questions (17 marks)

    11. What is a wetland?


    a. An area of some type of land for shelter
    b. An area of land that is filled with water all or part of the year
    c. An area of land that is partly wet
    d. An area land that is near a lake or ocean

    1
    Name:________________________________________

    12. What are the two main categories of wetlands?


    a. Northern Wetland and Southern Wetlands
    b. Wet and Dry
    c. Bog and Fen
    d. Peatlands and Non-peatlands

    13. The five types of wetland are


    a. Bogs, fens, marshes, ponds, and swamps
    b. Lakes, marsh, rivers, streams, and swamps
    c. Lakes, ocean, ponds, rivers and streams
    d. Bog, fountain, ocean, reservoir, and river

    14. The trees and small shrubs provide food and shelter for a squirrel that lives in a wetland. The
    squirrel is living in what zone?
    a. Aquatic
    b. Riparian
    c. Subaquatic
    d. Uplands

    15. Algae, cattails, butterflies, and fish are:


    a. Abiotic
    b. Biotic
    c. Consumers
    c. Producers

    16. How were most of the wetlands in the prairies formed?


    a. The rain and snow
    b. People emptying their swimming pools
    c. The moving and melting of glaciers
    c. The wetlands have always been here

    17. Lilypads are an example of a


    a. Abiotic Plant
    b. Emergent Plants
    c. Floating Plant
    d. Submergent Plant

    18. Leeches are an example of an animal that lives:


    a. On the water
    b. In the water
    c. Near the water
    d. Do not live in the wetlands

    2
    Name:________________________________________

    19. Which organism is a producer?


    a. Deer
    b. Fungi
    c. Grass
    d. Rabbit

    20. Which organism is a decomposer?

    a. Cattail
    b. Fox
    c. Tadpole
    d. Worm

    21. Which organism is an example of a second-order consumer?

    a. Butterfly
    b. Frog
    c. Rabbit
    d. Mushroom

    22. An adaptation is
    a. characteristics that help organisms survive in their environment
    b. an animal that moves ecosystems
    c. animals living in wetlands
    d. types of plants living in wetlands

    23. Which of the following represents a correct food chain?


    a. hawk mouseseeds
    b. eggtadpole frog
    c. grassgrasshopper robin
    d. algaefishsnail

    24. How do producers convert the Suns energy into food?


    a. Chlorophyll
    b. Carbon Dioxide
    c. Carnivores
    d. Chloroplasts

    25.What fuels all food webs?


    a. Consumers
    b. Decomposers
    c. The Sun
    d. Producers

    3
    Name:________________________________________

    26. What is the biggest threat to the wetlands?


    a. Drought
    b. Humans
    c. Flooding
    d. Endangered animals

    27. Which of these are threats to the wetlands?

    a. Introduction of exotic animals


    b. Pollution
    c. Draining, Filling and Dredging
    d. All of the above

    Part C: Short Answer


    Use the space required to answer the following two questions.

    28. Draw and label the life cycle of a duck (4 marks)

    29. Why should we protect the wetlands? (3 marks)

    4
    Name:________________________________________

    Part D: Long Answer


    Use the space provided to answer the following question. (10 marks)

    30. Draw a food web you might find in the Wetlands. You must include ALL of the following
    and show they are ALL connected:

    a. Have an energy source


    b. Have AT LEAST one producer
    c. Have THREE first-order consumers
    d. Have THREE second-order consumers
    e. Have AT LEAST one decomposer

    You MUST label each organism tell me what it is (ex. Frog) AND label it the energy source,
    producer, first-order consumer, second-order consumer, or decomposer.

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