Worksheets6th Grade Populations and Communities
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a BIOTIC factor?
a)
grass
b)
sunlight
c)
soil
d)
bird
2.
Which of the following is considered a population?
a)
all the animals in one area
b)
one species of animals in an area
c)
all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
d)
none of the above
3.
Which of the following is not symbiosis?
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
competition
d)
commensalism
4.
What is the relationship where one species benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed?
a)
commensialism
b)
competition
c)
mutualism
d)
parasitism
5.
Which is a BIOTIC factor?
a)
grass
b)
sunlight
c)
oxygen
d)
water
6.
What do you call a group of the same species that lives together?
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biome
d)
ecosystem
7.
Which is not a defense strategy?
a)
mimicry
b)
warning coloring
c)
call of warning
d)
false coloring
8.
The smallest level of organization is __________.
a)
population
b)
community
c)
organism
d)
ecosystem
9.
Which is not one of the three major interactions amongst organisms?
a)
competition
b)
predation
c)
natural selection
d)
symbiosis
10.
The organism that kills during predation is called:
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
host
d)
parasite
11.
What do you call an organisms role in its habitat?
a)
niche
b)
natural selection
c)
adaptation
d)
community
12.
Which is a predator adaptation?
a)
mimicry
b)
camouflage
c)
warning coloring
d)
none
13.
Which is not a BIOTIC factor?
a)
rocks
b)
grass
c)
trees
d)
dog
14.
Which is the order for levels of organisation from smallest to largest?
a)
communities, population, species, ecosystem
b)
organism, species, ecosytem, community
c)
organism, population, community, ecosystem
d)
population, community, biome, ecosystem.
15.
Which of the following is not a BIOTIC factor?
a)
sand
b)
grass
c)
trees
d)
lizards
16.
In predation, which is the animal that gets killed?
a)
prey
b)
host
c)
parasite
d)
predator
17.
Which organism benefits during parasitism?
a)
host
b)
prey
c)
parasite
d)
predator
18.
What is the interaction called in which an organism kills another for food?
a)
symbiosis
b)
competition
c)
predation
d)
parasitism
19.
A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species is called:
a)
niche
b)
natural selection
c)
adaptation
d)
predation
20.
Which of the following is not a basic need provided by an organisms habitat?
a)
food
b)
water
c)
soil
d)
shelter
21.
A relationship in which both organisms benefit is called:
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
d)
competition
22.
A relationship between two organisms in which one is harmed and the other is benefited is called:
a)
commensialism
b)
parasitism
c)
predation
d)
mutualism
23.
An environment that probides the things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce is called:
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
habitat
d)
community
24.
What are the living things in an ecosystem called?
a)
ecology
b)
abiotic factors
c)
biotic factors
d)
organisms
25.
What do you call the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?
a)
biology
b)
economy
c)
ecology
d)
environmental science
26.
Which is not symbiosis?
a)
mutualism
b)
predation
c)
commensialism
d)
parasitism
27.
Natural selection results in what?
a)
adaptation
b)
niche
c)
competition
d)
predation
28.
What are the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environment?
a)
natural selection
b)
predation
c)
adaptation
d)
niche
29.
A relationship in which one species benefits, but the other is neither helped nor harmed is called:
a)
commensialism
b)
predation
c)
parasitism
d)
mutualism
30.
The organism that lives inside another is called:
a)
host
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
parasite
31.
Organisms display a wide array of adaptations that help them avoid becoming prey. These adaptation are called:
a)
defense strategies
b)
predator adaptation
c)
niche
d)
natural selection
32.
Which of the following is not a defense strategy?
a)
false coloring
b)
camouflage
c)
echolocation
d)
warning coloring
33.
Which is not a necessary characteristic of a species?
a)
physically similar
b)
can mate and reproduce
c)
blood related
d)
offspring can mate and reproduce
34.
Which is not a parasite?
a)
tick
b)
mite
c)
tapework
d)
long eared bat
35.
Which is not a predator adaptation
a)
a cheetahs speed
b)
a jellyfishes tentacles
c)
grasshoppers bright colors
d)
owls big eyes
36.
What is is called when an animal looks like another animal?
a)
camouflage
b)
adaptation
c)
mimicry
d)
warning coloring
37.
What defense strategy is used by an armadillo?
a)
mimicry
b)
protective coloring
c)
camouflage
d)
protective covering
38.
A prarie dog, a hawk and a badger are all members of the same:
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
species
d)
population
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