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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an example of....
a)
Abiotic factor
b)
Biotic factor
c)
Community
d)
Population
2.
Which of the following mean " members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time"?
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Community
c)
Organism
d)
Population
3.
Which of the following terms means "an inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment"?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Artificial Selection
c)
Resistance
d)
Evolution
4.
Which of the following terms means "selective breeding of organisms by humans for desirable characteristics"?
a)
Artificial Selection
b)
Adaptation
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Habitat
5.
Which of the following would be an example of an abiotic factor?
a)
A dead leaf on the ground
b)
A fallen tree in the forest
c)
The egg of a bird
d)
A pencil used for writing
6.
Which of the following means "an individual living thing"?
a)
Organism
b)
Species
c)
Population
d)
Abiotic factor
7.
When a certain type of caterpillar is able to eat the leaves of corn plants sprayed with chemicals to prevent bugs but is not affected. This is called....
a)
Evolution
b)
Artificial Selection
c)
Resistance
d)
Adaptation
8.
Which of the following terms means "gradual changes in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next"?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Evolution
9.
Which of the following terms means "a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other"?
a)
Community
b)
Habitat
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Population
10.
Which of the following terms means "a group of organisms that are closely related and that can mate to produce fertile offspring"?
a)
Population
b)
Species
c)
Organism
d)
Population
11.
Which of the following is a biotic factor in a forest ecosystem?
a)
water
b)
sunlight
c)
soil
d)
oak tree
12.
The largest population that an environment can support is called its
a)
carrying capacity
b)
limiting factor
c)
birth rate
d)
death rate
13.
An organism's particular role in its habitat, or how it makes its living is called its
a)
carrying capacity
b)
ecosystem
c)
niche
d)
competition
14.
When a jellyfish paralyzes a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the fish is the
a)
predator
b)
host
c)
prey
d)
parasite
15.
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is called
a)
natural selection
b)
symbiosis
c)
adaptation
d)
competition
16.
Non-living parts of an ecosystem
a)
populations
b)
abiotic factors
c)
biotic factors
d)
organisms
17.
Which of the following describes an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another
a)
competition
b)
symbiosis
c)
predation
d)
mutualism
18.
How has the pheasant population changing at Point A?
a)
Increasing
b)
Decreasing
c)
Staying the same
19.
Which letter marks the peak of the pheasant population?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
B
d)
D
20.
Identify the herbivore in this food chain.
a)
grass
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
21.
Identify the producer in this food web.
a)
grass
b)
frog
c)
snake
d)
eagle
22.
Worms, mushrooms, and fungi are considered
a)
carnivores
b)
decomposers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
23.
What type of relationship benefits one organism and has no affect on the other organism?
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
24.
What type of relationship benefits one organism and the other is harmed?
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
25.
What type of relationship benefits both organisms?
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
26.
One important scientific habit of mind is the ability of new ideas, called
a)
Intellectual honesty
b)
Curiosity
c)
Imagination
d)
Skepticism
27.
Information gathered by using the senses
a)
Prediction
b)
Observation
c)
Experiment
d)
Data
28.
Testable explanation for an observation
a)
Data
b)
Prediction
c)
Experiment
d)
Hypothesis
29.
Information gathered in an experiment
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Prediction
c)
Experiment
d)
Data
30.
Procedure used to test a hypothesis
a)
Observation
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Prediction
d)
Experiment
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