WorksheetsEcology #1
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?
a)
food web
b)
an ecosystem
c)
food chain
d)
a population
2.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
3.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
4.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
5.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
A biotic factor
b)
An abiotic factor
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
9.
Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
10.
An organism at the second trophic level would be considered a...
a)
Top carnivore
b)
Producer
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
11.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Insect
12.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
13.
Moving up the energy level means that energy ______________.
a)
increases
b)
gets larger
c)
decreases
d)
changes frequency
14.
Air
a)
Biotic
b)
Abotic
15.
Penguins
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
16.
Bacteria
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
17.
Soil
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
18.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
19.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
20.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
21.
Which of the following organisms in the food web is a producer?
a)
Giant Panda
b)
Snow Leopard
c)
Mushroom
d)
Bamboo
22.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
23.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
a)
Frog, Dragon Fly and snake
b)
Frog, trout and dragon fly
c)
Frog, salamander and trout
d)
Frog and phytoplankton
24.
This is an image of a _________.
a)
consumer
b)
scavenger
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
25.
Identify a correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web.
a)
Plant>Snail>Bluebird>Eagle
b)
Plant<Snail<Bluebird<Eagle
c)
Plant>Snail<Eagle>Bluebird
d)
Plant<Rabbit<Eagle
26.
What are the Biotic factors in this image?
a)
There are none
b)
Sunlight, water, air
c)
Elephants, plants, trees
d)
Air, elephants, humidity
27.
At the bottom of all food chains are
a)
Producers
b)
primary consumers
c)
heterotrophic consumers
d)
autotrophic consumers
28.
Order is established in an ecological community through interactions involving the transfer of
a)
oxygen
b)
predation
c)
energy
d)
carbon dioxide
29.
Food chain: Diatoms --> Oysters --> Humans
In the above food chain, oysters represent
In the above food chain, oysters represent
a)
detritivores
b)
herbivores
c)
primary carnivores
d)
secondary consumers
30.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
31.
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.
32.
Decomposers affect all levels of the food web.
a)
True
b)
False
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