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WorksheetsBiology 3.1 - What is Ecology
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
All of life on Earth exists in a region known as
a)
an ecosystem.
b)
a biome.
c)
the biosphere.
d)
ecology.
2.
Groups of different species that live together in a defined area make up a(an)
a)
population.
b)
community.
c)
ecosystem.
d)
biosphere.
3.
What is the definition of ecology?
a)
The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.
b)
The scientific study of human populations.
c)
The scientific study of composition, structure, properties and change of matter.
d)
The scientific study of processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth starting from a single origin of life.
4.
How do scientists use modeling to study ecological changes?
a)
Scientists use models to gain insight into ecological changes that are too complex or too long-range to study directly.
b)
Scientists use models to gain insight into scientific study of human populations.
c)
Scientists use models to gain insight into the composition, structure, properties and change of matter.
d)
Scientists use models to gain insight into the processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth starting from a single origin of life.
5.
A group of individuals belonging to a single species that live together in a defined area is termed a(an)
a)
population.
b)
ecosystem.
c)
community.
d)
biome.
6.
The level of ecology that contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists, including land, water, and air or atmosphere.
a)
biosphere.
b)
ecosystem.
c)
community.
d)
biome.
7.
The level of ecology that contains a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring.
a)
species.
b)
individual.
c)
population.
d)
community.
8.
The level of ecology that focuses on the assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.
a)
species.
b)
individual.
c)
population.
d)
community.
9.
The level of ecology that focuses on a collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving environment.
a)
biosphere.
b)
biome.
c)
ecosystem.
d)
community.
10.
The level of ecology that focuses on a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities.
a)
biosphere.
b)
biome.
c)
ecosystem.
d)
community.
11.
Which is NOT one of the three basic methods of ecological research?
a)
Observation.
b)
Experimentation.
c)
Modeling.
d)
Extensionism.
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