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WorksheetsBoot Camp Ecology Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What makes two animals competitors in a food web?
a)
They compete for oxygen.
b)
They live in the same habitat.
c)
They are both carnivores.
d)
They are competing for the same food source.
2.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
3.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
4.
What is an Autotroph?
a)
An organism that can make its own food.
b)
An organism that cannot make its own food.
c)
An organism that can drive an automobile.
d)
An organism that cannot reproduce.
5.
Why don't most parasites kill their hosts immediately?
a)
The host benefits by keeping the parasites alive.
b)
The host is able to fight off the invading parasites.
c)
The parasites help the host before killing it.
d)
The parasites would no longer have a food supply if the host died.
6.
Which of the following organisms in the food web is a producer?
a)
Giant Panda
b)
Snow Leopard
c)
Mushroom
d)
Bamboo
7.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them.
b)
They may eat more than one other organism.
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.
d)
They have no resources available to them.
8.
In the food web show, which organism is an omnivore?
a)
Crickets
b)
Mice
c)
Snakes
d)
Trees
9.
Producers provide food to consumers because -
a)
many animals prefer eating plants and eating meat.
b)
plants can easily make food from soil and water
c)
plants are more abundant in ecosystem.
d)
Animals can't produce their own food.
10.
This is the maximum number of individual of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time
a)
Limiting Factor
b)
Maximum Occupancy
c)
Habitat
d)
Carrying Capacity
11.
Identify a predator/prey relationship found in the food web
a)
Rabbits & Carrots
b)
Grasshoppers & Grasses
c)
Birds & Grains
d)
Foxes & Birds
12.
In the Everglade estuaries there are alligators and crocodiles that have been impacted by the salinity (amount of salt) of the water in their freshwater biome. According to the graph, what impact has the change in salinity had on the alligator population?
a)
An increase in the alligator population
b)
A decrease in the alligator population
c)
An increase in the amount of salt in the Everglades
d)
A reduction in the amount of crocodiles in the Everglades
13.
Which two types of organisms in this aquatic food web have a producer-consumer relationship?
a)
A. Microscopic algae and white suckers
b)
B. Small invertabrates and amphipods
c)
C. Phytoplankton and mummichogs
d)
D. Amphipods and channel catfish
14.
Which two types of organism have a producer-consumer relationship in this African savanna?
a)
A. Zebras and hyenas
b)
B. Hyenas and cheetahs
c)
C. Trees and elephants
d)
D. Fungi and dung beetles
15.
What is the relationship between the photsynthetic microbes and the flamingos in the Laguna Del Diamante ecosystem?
a)
A. The microbes are parasites, and the flamingos are
b)
B.
c)
C.
d)
D.
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