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WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.
a)
Living and nonliving
b)
Alive and dead
c)
Plants and animals
d)
Land and water
2.
Communities are made up of living things only. Which one of these is a community?
a)
Trees, birds, dirt, worms
b)
Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies
c)
Whales, water, seashells, fish
d)
Sand, camels, mountains, coyotes
3.
Populations contain more than one member of the species. Which one of these is a population?
a)
Deer and mice
b)
10 squirrels
c)
squirrel
d)
squirrel, deer, and mice
4.
What is another word for population of living things?
a)
Niche
b)
Habitat
c)
Species
d)
Organism
5.
What does the word organism mean?
a)
Living thing
b)
Nonliving thing
c)
Organs in your body
d)
Organ player
6.
What is another word for an animal's home?
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Population
d)
Organism
7.
What is the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Organism
d)
Population
8.
Any characteristic that helps an organism survive in its ecosystem is an ____________.
a)
Niche
b)
Habitat
c)
Adaptation
d)
Organism
9.
An adaptation a walrus has is:
a)
It has long tusks to pull itself up on ice
b)
It eats fish
c)
It likes to sleep and be awake
d)
It lives in the tundra
10.
An adaptation a desert tortoise has is:
a)
Long, fin-like legs to move easily in water
b)
Short, stumpy legs with claws to walk easily across sand
11.
Which of these rabbits would be able to survive in the hot grasslands?
a)
Jackrabbit with long ears
b)
Snowshoe hare with short ears
12.
What 4 things does an organism need to survive?
a)
Food, water, shelter, space
b)
Food, friends, shelter, space
c)
Water, shelter, prey, predators
d)
Shelter, food, water, humans
13.
What is the long-lasting relationship between two different organisms?
a)
Symbiosis
b)
Mutualism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Commensalism
14.
Which type of symbiosis has both organisms benefit?
a)
Symbiosis
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Mutualism
15.
In which type of symbiosis does one organism benefit and one is not affected?
a)
Symbiosis
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
16.
In which type of symbiosis does one benefit and one is harmed?
a)
Symbiosis
b)
Mutualism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Commensalism
17.
A clownfish cleaning a sea anemone and the anemone protecting the clownfish is an example of what?
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Organism
d)
Mutualism
18.
A hookworm living in the intestines of a dog and taking nutrients away from the dog, making it sick shows:
a)
Parasitism
b)
Organism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Commensalism
19.
A cattle egret hanging out on top of an elephant and eating insects that fly up out of the grass as the elephant walks shows:
a)
Parasitism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Organism
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