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WorksheetsCh. 1 Review Populations and Communities
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Another word for a living thing is a:
a)
animal
b)
organism
c)
plant
d)
community
2.
A place where an organism gets everything it needs to survive.
a)
habitat
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
population
3.
Which of the following is a biotic factor?
a)
soil
b)
water
c)
animals
d)
air
4.
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
a)
soil
b)
plants
c)
animals
d)
insects
5.
The process where plants use water and carbon dioxide to provide food for themselves (and also let go oxygen) is called:
a)
respiration
b)
predation
c)
photosynthesis
d)
chemosynthesis
6.
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other:
a)
population
b)
community
c)
organisms
d)
species
7.
A species living together in one area is called a:
a)
species
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
population
8.
Different organisms living together in the same area:
a)
community
b)
population
c)
species
d)
ecosystem
9.
Which of the following would not be part of a community?
a)
grasshopper
b)
grass
c)
soil
d)
bird
10.
All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n):
a)
ecosystem
b)
house
c)
community
d)
mountain
11.
What is the correct order of organization in a ecosystem from smallest to biggest?
a)
population, organism, ecosystem, community
b)
organism, population, community, ecosystem
c)
organism, community, population, ecosystem
d)
community, population, ecosystem, organism
12.
Which of the following would increase a population's size?
a)
birth rate
b)
death rate
c)
emigration
d)
density
13.
Which of the following would decrease population size?
a)
emigration
b)
births
c)
immigration
d)
density
14.
Which of the following means that organisms are moving out of a population?
a)
immigration
b)
emigration
15.
The term for the number of individuals in a certain area is:
a)
crowded
b)
community
c)
population density
d)
limiting factor
16.
An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease is an:
a)
independent variable
b)
limiting factor
c)
population density
d)
community
17.
Which of the following limiting factors is not dependent on the the population density?
a)
food
b)
space
c)
disease
d)
weather
18.
Growth that keeps going up and up with nothing stopping it is called:
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth
19.
The largest population that an area can support is called the:
a)
limiting factor
b)
population density
c)
carrying capacity
d)
logistic growth
20.
A process where adaptations become more common in a species over time.
a)
adaptation
b)
natural selection
c)
niche
d)
ecosystem
21.
Behaviors or physical characteristics that make an individual better suited to their environment.
a)
natural selection
b)
adaptations
c)
niche
d)
traits
22.
The role of an organism in its habitat (how it makes its living) is called:
a)
niche
b)
adaptation
c)
job
d)
trait
23.
Which of these is not a type of interaction among organisms?
a)
Competition
b)
Predation
c)
Symbiosis
d)
Sharing
24.
When two species have the same niche, or are going for the same resource, they will:
a)
compete
b)
both die
c)
eat each other
d)
ignore each other
25.
One animal killing another for food is called:
a)
parasitism
b)
predation
c)
commensalism
d)
mutualism
26.
Which is not a type of symbiotic relationship?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
predation
d)
parasitism
27.
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
a)
symbiosis
b)
predation
c)
competition
d)
niche
28.
Relationship where both species benefit
a)
Commensalism
b)
Mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
29.
A relationship where one species is helped and one species is neutral (not hurt, but not helped).
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
predation
d)
parasitism
30.
Relationship where one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it.
a)
mutualism
b)
predation
c)
commensalism
d)
parasitism
31.
A series of events where one animals eats another.
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Population
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