WorksheetsEcosystems Terms
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Describes non-living factors in an ecosystem
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
ecotone
d)
eutrophic
2.
Rain, snow, hail, fog etc with a pH of less than 5.6
a)
transpiration
b)
acid precipitation
c)
commensalism
d)
denitrification
3.
An engineered ecosystem dedicated to crops and lifestock (agriculture); also called a 'farm'
a)
ecotone
b)
agroecosystem
c)
natural ecosystem
d)
lithosphere
4.
The layer of gases surrounding Earth
a)
hydrosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
biosphere
d)
atmosphere
5.
Earth's solid outer layer
a)
lithosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
cryosphere
d)
hydrosphere
6.
All of Earth's water in solid, liquid, or gas form
a)
hydrosphere
b)
cryosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
watershed
7.
the zone around Earth where life an exist
a)
ecozone
b)
ecotone
c)
biosphere
d)
sustainability
8.
"Earth behaves like a living organism." This thought proposed by James Lovelock is called
a)
the biosphere
b)
the Gaia hypothesis
c)
the holistic approach
d)
the food web
9.
all the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment
a)
biosphere
b)
ecosystem
c)
biotic factors
d)
abiotic factors
10.
describes living things, their remains, and features (such as nests) associated with their activities
a)
biome
b)
biosphere
c)
biotic
d)
ecosystem
11.
The region where two neighbouring ecosystems overlap/transition
a)
ecotone
b)
terrestrial ecosystem
c)
watershed
d)
extirpated
12.
The ability to maintain an ecological balance in an ecosystem is
a)
engineering
b)
sustainability
c)
natural ecosystem
d)
balanced ecosystem
13.
an organism that makes its own energy-rich compounds using the Sun's energy
a)
consumer
b)
heterotroph
c)
scavenger
d)
autotroph
14.
the form of energy transferred during heating or cooling
a)
radiant
b)
light
c)
thermal
15.
energy that travels through empty space is best described as
a)
radiant
b)
cosmic
c)
thermal energy
d)
galactical
16.
the process in which the Sun's energy is converted into chemical energy
a)
radiation
b)
photosynthesis
c)
respiration
d)
transpiration
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