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WorksheetsInterim Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
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Class
Date
1.
An organism that can make its own food is called?
a)
consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
d)
herbivore
2.
A consumer gets energy by doing what?
a)
making it themselves
b)
breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem
c)
soaking it up from the ground
d)
feeding on other organisms
3.
A food chain is?
a)
Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
b)
The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
c)
A simple model that shows how energy flows in the ecosystem
d)
biotic and abiotic factors in an area.
4.
The energy role that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms is?
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Scavenger
d)
Decomposer
5.
A food web consists of?
a)
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
b)
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
c)
Amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another.
d)
Many types of insects that are stuck.
6.
This type of consumer obtains all of its energy by eating only producers.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Scavenger
d)
Carnivore
7.
Another name for a consumer is
a)
producer
b)
autotroph
c)
biomass
d)
heterotroph
8.
Which is NOT an abiotic factor:
a)
soil
b)
air
c)
bacteria;
d)
water
9.
What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
a)
There would be more food for secondary consumers.
b)
The number of primary consumers would increase.
c)
The number of plants would increase.
d)
The number of secondary consumers would increase.
10.
Transfer of energy is represented by this in a food chain.
a)
Circles
b)
Arrows
c)
neon lights
d)
pyramids
11.
What does this diagram display?
a)
The predator-prey relationship between vertebrates
b)
The movement of energy throughout an ecosystem
c)
The changing types of organisms in a forest
d)
The standard lifespan of trees and animals
12.
Identify each 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<Bluebird>Eagle
d)
Plant<Rabbit<Eagle
13.
Which symbols best describe mutualism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
14.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
15.
Which symbols best describe commensalism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
0,0
16.
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
17.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
18.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm).
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
19.
Which of the following is true about competition?
a)
Controls population size
b)
Ensures everyone eats
c)
Keeps everyone happy
d)
Is only between 2 men
20.
The role an organism plays in it's environment is called the _____.
a)
Habitat
b)
Competitio
c)
Niche
d)
Desertification
21.
If I want blue M&Ms and you also want want blue M&Ms what is likely to happen?
a)
Competition
b)
Predation
c)
Parasitism
d)
I'm going to get it or you're going to fail
22.
If I want green M&Ms and you are a green M&M what is likely to happen?
a)
Competition
b)
Predation
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
23.
In which ecosystem would an organism that is adapted to daily changes in salinity most likely be found?
a)
pond
b)
lake
c)
open ocean
d)
estuary
24.
Which biome is represented by the rainfall amounts in letter C?
a)
desert
b)
prairie
c)
deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
25.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
26.
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
27.
A aquatic biome classified as marine would have...
a)
Fresh Water
b)
Salt Water
c)
Either Fresh Water or Salt Water
d)
Neither Fresh Water or Salt Water
28.
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
29.
Most of the organisms in the ocean exists in the shallow water over the continental shelves. Why is this true?
a)
Producers, the beginning of all food chains, can only exist where there is sunlight.
b)
Sea predators can easily catch their prey where the water is shallow.
c)
Water over the continental shelves has more minerals than deep ocean water.
d)
Ocean storms destroy organisms living in deep water.
30.
One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as
a)
glaciation
b)
permafrost
c)
crystallization
d)
soilfrost
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