Worksheetsecosystems
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
2.
What is an example of a biotic factor?
a)
skunk
b)
rocks
c)
soil
d)
water
3.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
4.
Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
a)
tress
b)
bugs
c)
sand
d)
humans
5.
A community in which frogs consume only flies is being observed. If the number of frogs increases, which of the follow is most likely to happen first?
a)
The producer population will increase
b)
The fly population will decrease
c)
The fly population will remain the same.
d)
The snake population will soon decrease.
6.
The living and non-living things that affect each other form this...
a)
association
b)
ecosystem
c)
adaptation
7.
Population is best described as
a)
A group of competing species
b)
A group of many different species
c)
A group of nonliving organisms
d)
A group of the same species living together
8.
The group of all the populations in an area.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
ecosystem
9.
A rainforest area is experiencing a severe drought. As a consequence, the insect population has decreased. What will the insect-eating birds most likely do as a result of the drought?
a)
stop searching for food until it begins to rain
b)
begin reproducing to increase population
c)
move to a new area to find food
10.
The place where an organism lives is its _________.
a)
habitat
b)
abiotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
community
11.
an organism that gets its food by breaking down the remains of dead organisms and returning the nutrients back to the soil
a)
Host
b)
Decomposer
c)
Producer
d)
Consumer
12.
The group of all the populations in an area.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
ecosystem
13.
Organisms that make their own food
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
14.
Organisms that get energy by breaking down other organisms
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
15.
Organisms that eat other things for food
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
16.
Organisms that get energy by eating dead things
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
17.
Consumers that are eaten by predators.
a)
environment
b)
Habitat
c)
Consumer
d)
Prey
18.
A consumer that eats prey.
a)
Prey
b)
Predator
c)
Consumer
d)
Food Web
19.
a group of food chains that overlap.
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Producer
d)
Consumer
20.
A diagram showing how much energy is passed from one organism to the next in a food chain.
a)
Role
b)
Predator
c)
Energy pyramid
d)
Niche
21.
A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Animal
22.
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
a)
Consumer
b)
Decomposer
c)
Omnivore
d)
Herbivore
23.
An animal that eats only meat.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Consumer
24.
Despite having plenty of sun and rain, the tropical rainforest has very poor _____.
a)
biodiversity
b)
soil
c)
animal life
d)
air quality
25.
Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?
a)
deciduous
b)
evergreen
c)
conifer
d)
bonsai
26.
Which biome is hot all year with wet and dry seasons?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
chaparral
c)
temperate grassland
d)
savanna
27.
In which biome can you find permafrost?
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
desert
d)
chaparral
28.
Which biome do we live in?
a)
temperate grassland
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
chaparral
29.
Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?
a)
desert
b)
mountain
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
30.
Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves?
a)
desert
b)
mountain
c)
savannah
d)
tundra
31.
This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen. The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy. The soil is very rich. Moose and elk live here. This biome is classified as a
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
temperate forest
32.
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
rain forest
d)
pine forest
33.
What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem?
a)
Biotic Factors
b)
Abiotic Factors
c)
Community
d)
Population
34.
Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are...
a)
Nonliving
b)
Living
c)
Populations
d)
Vegetation
35.
This forest is split into "layers" where organisms live.
a)
Deciduous Forest
b)
Tropical Rain Forest
c)
Coniferous Forest
d)
None of these
36.
This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.
a)
Deserts
b)
Tropical Rain Forests
c)
Savannas
d)
Chaparral
37.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
38.
Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?
a)
ecozones
b)
biotopes
c)
biomes
d)
biodomes
39.
Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Tundra
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
40.
On what continent are these savanna grasslands?
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
South America
41.
What biome has the most rainfall per year?
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Deciduous Forest
42.
What biome is the coldest?
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Desert
43.
1. There are two types of water ecosystems. One includes the oceans of the world. This is called ___________.
a)
Deep Water
b)
Freshwater
c)
Tundra
d)
Saltwater
44.
Network of all food in an ecosystem
a)
ecology
b)
food web
c)
decomposer
d)
food chain
45.
Members of a species in a defined area
a)
Ecosystem
b)
community
c)
biodiversity
d)
population
46.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
47.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
48.
Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
a)
foodweb
b)
consumer
c)
food chain
d)
omnivore
49.
Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms
a)
consumer
b)
trophic level
c)
decomposer
d)
species
50.
What is the definition of Biotic factors?
a)
Dead things
b)
plants
c)
Living things or organisms
d)
soil
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