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WorksheetsEcology
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which level is said to be a group of the same species living in the same area at the same time?
a)
species
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
2.
Which level contains all the biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area?
a)
species
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
3.
Which level contains all the biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area and includes the climate?
a)
species
b)
biome
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
4.
What is the difference between the community level and the ecosystem level?
a)
community contains abiotic factors
b)
ecosystems do not contain biotic factors
c)
ecosystems contain abiotic factors and communities do not
d)
communities contain animals
5.
A biome is more complicated than an ecosystem because it considers the ______________
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
climate
d)
fungi
6.
Which one is bigger?
a)
cell
b)
molecule
7.
Which one is bigger?
a)
DNA
b)
mitochondria
8.
Which one is bigger?
a)
organism
b)
organ system
9.
Which one is bigger?
a)
tissue
b)
cell
10.
How is energy transferred from the sun to producers?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
chemosynthesis
c)
cellular respiration
d)
glycolysis
11.
How does energy contain in producers get released in consumers?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
chemosynthesis
c)
cellular respiration
d)
photorespiration
12.
An organism that consumes producers (plants) for food is called a _________________
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
13.
An organism that consumes producers (plants) and other consumers for food is called a _________________
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
14.
An organism that consumes consumers (animals) for food is called a _________________
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
15.
An organism that consumes dead or decaying organisms for food is called a _________________
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
16.
An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________
a)
herbivore
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
omnivore
17.
What is another name for producer?
a)
consumer
b)
herbivore
c)
autotroph
d)
lichen
18.
What does every food chain start with?
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumer
d)
decomposers
19.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
20.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
21.
Relationship in which two species live closely together over a longer period of time
a)
resource
b)
mutualism
c)
succession
d)
symbiosis
22.
Which of the following organism provides energy for more than one organism in the food web?
a)
Mouse
b)
Hawk
c)
Snake
d)
Lizard
23.
What part of the food chain is missing?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Heterotroph
24.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
25.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
26.
Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up....
a)
food web
b)
food chain
c)
niche
d)
symbiosis
27.
In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...
a)
primary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
tertiary consumer
d)
producer
28.
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.
29.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
30.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
31.
Which of the following organisms in the food web is a producer?
a)
Giant Panda
b)
Snow Leopard
c)
Mushroom
d)
Bamboo
32.
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
33.
The group of all the populations in an area.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
ecosystem
34.
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
a)
population
b)
habitat
c)
niche
d)
community
35.
The place in which an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
ecosystem
d)
niche
36.
All the living and nonliving things in an area
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
habitat
d)
niche
37.
In a ___________, trees lose their leaves.
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
deciduous forest
38.
An area that is partly covered by water or flooded part of each year.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
39.
A deep body of water with organisms adapted to cold, darkness, and very high water pressure.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
40.
Warm, shallow waters with many organisms.
a)
coral reef
b)
wetland
c)
river
d)
deep sea
41.
Plants cannot grow in the ________ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.
a)
coral reef
b)
deep sea
42.
An organism that feeds off another organism and causes it harm.
a)
symbiosis
b)
host
c)
parasite
d)
competition
43.
Organisms that usually eat other organisms to get energy.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
energy pyramid
d)
producers
44.
The role of __________ is to recycle wastes and dead material.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
herbivores
d)
3rd level consumers
45.
What best describes the relationship between bees and flowering plants.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
neutralism
d)
commensalism
46.
What type of symbiosis is this?
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
* Snails die and leave behind their shells.
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
* Snails die and leave behind their shells.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
47.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
48.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
49.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
50.
A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
neutralism
d)
parasitism
51.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
52.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
53.
A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Naturalism
54.
An organism, such as Sammy in the video A Turtle's Tale, that produces many offspring at a time with low parental care is ___________________.
a)
r-selected
b)
K-selected
55.
An organism which is only found on ONE place on the planet is said to be ____________________
a)
endangered
b)
endemic
c)
extinct
d)
threatened
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