WorksheetsEcosystems Review
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The carrying capacity is the ___________.
a)
Maximum sustainable population that a given environment can support.
b)
Greatest number of different niches possible in a given area
c)
Potential growth in the number of species in a given area.
d)
Limitation on numbers of species in a community.
2.
Which sequence shows increasing complexity of levels of ecological organization?
a)
Biosphere, ecosystem, community,population,organism
b)
Community, ecosystem, biosphere, population
c)
Biosphere, community, ecosystem,organism
d)
Ecosystem, biosphere, population,community
3.
The ecological niche of an organism refers to the ____________.
a)
Position of the organism in a food web.
b)
Biosphere in which the organism lives.
c)
Role the organism plays in the community
d)
Relation to of the organism to humans.
4.
Depends on population size and how close together everyone is.
a)
Density Independent
b)
Food Chain
c)
Density Dependent
d)
Food Web
5.
How can urbanization affect a local area?
a)
It can decrease the risk of water pollution in an area.
b)
It can increase the number of invasive species in an area.
c)
It can increase the risk of flooding in an area
d)
It can decrease the need for natural resources in an area.
6.
Why is it important to conserve the biodiversity of Earth?
a)
To decrease the amount of global predator population
b)
To decrease the stability of major global ocean currents
c)
To increase the stability of ecosystems during environmental changes
d)
To increase the amount of nonrenewable resources located in the lithosphere
7.
The study of the interactions of living things with their environment is known as what?
a)
Ecosystems
b)
Biology
c)
Earth Science
d)
Ecology
8.
A linear model showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem is called what?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Exponential Growth
d)
Linear Growth
9.
The variety of living organisms found in an area is considered biology.
a)
True
b)
False
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