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Ecological Hierarchy

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
a biotic factor.
b)
an abiotic factor.
2.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
3.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
4.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
5.
The role or function or job of a species in a community.
a)
habitat
b)
diet
c)
niche
d)
ecosystem
6.
Part of the earth that living organisms inhabit...
a)
biosphere
b)
biome
c)
niche
d)
ecosystem
7.
Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring
a)
biotic factor
b)
herbivore
c)
ecosystem
d)
species
8.
Nonliving factor that affects an ecosystem...
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
9.
Living factors or organisms that affect an ecosystem
a)
abiotic factors
b)
species
c)
trophic level
d)
biotic factors
10.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
11.
What are the abiotic factors in this image? 
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
water, plants, and birds 
12.
An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Which of the following is a population?
a)
hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
b)
mountain stream
c)
all the frogs in a pond
d)
blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn
14.
Which of the following best describes a community?
a)
sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
b)
decorator crabs on the seafloor
c)
loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
d)
prairie grassland in Wyoming