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WorksheetsFlow of Energy in Ecosystems
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 51mins
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Class
Date
1.
Put the levels of organization in an ecosystem in order from the largest to the smallest.
a)
population, organism, community
b)
organism, community, population
c)
community, population, organism
d)
community, organism, population
2.
Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.
a)
abiotic factor
b)
biotic factor
c)
non-living
d)
life
3.
A is the prefix that means ____________.
a)
life
b)
living
c)
not/ without
d)
biotic factor
4.
Bio means _________.
a)
non-living
b)
not/without
c)
life
d)
living
5.
Is a volcano an abiotic or biotic factor?
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
6.
Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor?
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
7.
Which is correct?
a)
Abiotic factors are alive
b)
Biotic factors are alive
c)
Biotic factors are dead
d)
Abiotic factors can get killed by biotic factors
8.
Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?
a)
Biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
dead
d)
living
9.
Which of the following has only abiotic factors?
a)
Sunlight, algae, and temperature
b)
Guppy, crab, oxygen
c)
Sunlight, soil, and weather
d)
Algae, temperature, and dog
10.
In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...
a)
primary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
tertiary consumer
d)
producer
11.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
12.
What is the starting source energy for all food chains?
a)
grass
b)
sun
c)
bug
d)
mushrooms
13.
What is this called in a food chain?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
14.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
15.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
16.
An Example of Predator and prey is...
a)
cats and dogs
b)
rats
c)
deer and bunny
d)
bear and deer, the bear eats the deer
17.
What part of the food chain is missing?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Heterotroph
18.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
19.
A food chain shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature. Food chains begin with plant-life, and end with animal-life. Some animals eat plants, some animals eat other animals.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.
a)
Coniferous Forests
b)
Deciduous Forests
c)
Deserts
d)
Tropical Rain Forests
21.
What biome?
a)
Tropical Rainforest
b)
Taiga
c)
Tundra
d)
Savannah
22.
What biome?
a)
Savannah
b)
Tundra
c)
Chaparral
d)
Desert
23.
What biome?
a)
Savannah
b)
Temperate Rainforest
c)
Tiaga
d)
Desert
24.
What biome?
a)
Chaparral
b)
Grassland
c)
Tiaga
d)
Tundra
25.
which symbiosis is this
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism
26.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
27.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
28.
What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
29.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
30.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
31.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
32.
If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?
a)
The bird population would stay the same
b)
The bird population would infinitely increase
c)
The bird population would decrease
33.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
34.
What does a limiting factor do?
a)
makes a population grow large
b)
stops a population from growing large
c)
helps organisms adapt to abiotic factors
d)
provides geographical boundaries for migration
35.
Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors.
a)
true
b)
false
36.
Which symbols best describe mutualism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
37.
Which symbols best describe commensalism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
0,0
38.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
39.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm).
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
40.
What type of symbiosis?
*Snapping Shrimp have poor and depend on their goby fish roommate to give the danger signal when predators come and guide them
back home if they wander too far.
* Goby fish who don't have a place to hide are quickly eaten. They find a Snapping Shrimp roommate who digs a hole for both to live in.
*Snapping Shrimp have poor and depend on their goby fish roommate to give the danger signal when predators come and guide them
back home if they wander too far.
* Goby fish who don't have a place to hide are quickly eaten. They find a Snapping Shrimp roommate who digs a hole for both to live in.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
41.
What type of symbiosis?
*Fungi form lichens by living in a close relationship with an algae. The fungus provides a protective home for the algae, and gathers mineral nutrients from rainwater and from dissolving the rock underneath.
*The algae gathers energy from the sun using photosynthesis. Both organisms share their nutrients with each other.
*Fungi form lichens by living in a close relationship with an algae. The fungus provides a protective home for the algae, and gathers mineral nutrients from rainwater and from dissolving the rock underneath.
*The algae gathers energy from the sun using photosynthesis. Both organisms share their nutrients with each other.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
42.
What type of symbiosis?
*Honeyguide birds find a bee hive, then chatter loudly to attract the Honey badger. They fly toward the hive making sure the badger is following.
*Upon arrival at the bee hive, the badger tears open the hive and feasts on the honey. Then the Honeyguide bird feeds on the remaining wax and larvae.
*Honeyguide birds find a bee hive, then chatter loudly to attract the Honey badger. They fly toward the hive making sure the badger is following.
*Upon arrival at the bee hive, the badger tears open the hive and feasts on the honey. Then the Honeyguide bird feeds on the remaining wax and larvae.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
43.
What type of symbiosis?
*Gall Insects lays their eggs in the leaves or branches of Oak trees causing a lump to form.
*Oak trees provide shelter and food to the insect larvae, but are not harmed.
*Gall Insects lays their eggs in the leaves or branches of Oak trees causing a lump to form.
*Oak trees provide shelter and food to the insect larvae, but are not harmed.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
44.
What type of symbiosis?
*Hookworms can enter the body, live off of the host’s blood.
*The host can suffer from blood loss, anemia and iron deficiency.
*Hookworms can enter the body, live off of the host’s blood.
*The host can suffer from blood loss, anemia and iron deficiency.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
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