Worksheetschapter 4 lesson 1
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The role that an organism has in an ecosystem
a)
niche
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
community
2.
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
niche
d)
community
3.
The place in which an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
ecosystem
d)
niche
4.
All the living and nonliving things in an area
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
niche
5.
The air, water, temperature, soil, and sunlight in an ecosystem have no effect on organisms that live in the area.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Ecosystems are everywhere that living things are found.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
8.
What is water vapor?
a)
Water on the land (geosphere)
b)
Water in the air (atmosphere)
c)
Water in plants
d)
Water in the water (hydrosphere)
9.
What cloud is found at ground level?
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Culumlus
d)
Fog
10.
During the wintertime what precipitation do we often see? Why?
a)
Snow, the air is cold
b)
Rain, the air is warm
11.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
12.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
13.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
14.
The water cycle makes it.............
a)
smell, smell
b)
sweet, sweet
c)
rain, rain
d)
fall, fall
15.
The group of all the populations in an area.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
ecosystem
16.
A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
neutralism
d)
parasitism
17.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
18.
Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
19.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
20.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
21.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
22.
What is the definition of Biotic factors?
a)
Dead things
b)
plants
c)
Living things or organisms
d)
soil
23.
What is the definition of Abiotic factors?
a)
Alive organisms or things
b)
Dead things or organisms
c)
panda
d)
insect
24.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
25.
What is an example of a biotic factor?
a)
skunk
b)
rocks
c)
soil
d)
water
26.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
27.
Where do animals get nitrogen from?
a)
soil
b)
air
c)
water
d)
plants
28.
What is evaporation?
a)
a liquid changing to a gas
b)
animals breathing out condensation
c)
water vapor
d)
precipitation
29.
What is one of the most important processes that removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
cellular respiration
c)
erosin
d)
soil respiration
30.
Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans which have special bacteria growing on their roots, increases
a)
denitrification
b)
nitrogen fixation
c)
ammonification
d)
ammonium oxidation
31.
Two elephants are fighting for control over a watering hole. Very little rain has fallen and nearby ones have dried up. What happens to the elephant that loses?
a)
The elephant will die
b)
The elephant will no longer want any water
c)
The elephant will have to move to a new area to find water
32.
In the following descriptions, which ecosystem would have the most competition for resources
a)
a grassland that has received a lot of rainfall
b)
a desert that has received less rainfall than normal
33.
Plants will also compete for resources in an ecosystem, what resources do you think they compete for?
a)
space
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
all of the above
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