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WorksheetsEcosystems/symbiosis/succession
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
All of the living and non-living things in an environment are called an _______________.
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
2.
How do consumers get their energy?
a)
by laying in the sun
b)
by eating other organisms
c)
by making their own food
d)
by surviving in an ecosystem
3.
Which organisms make their own food through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
decomposers
b)
consumers
c)
organisms
d)
producers
4.
What is a collection of different populations that live together in one place?
a)
Habitat
b)
Community
c)
Biome
d)
Organism
5.
The place that gives that organism all the resources it needs to survive is called its ________________.
a)
habitat
b)
population
c)
ecosystem
d)
community
6.
What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?
a)
The number of herbivores would increase
b)
The number of plants would increase
c)
all organisms would adapt
d)
All living organisms would eventually die
7.
The biotic factors in this image are ____________________.
a)
frog, snail, water
b)
frog, fish, air
c)
frog, tadpoles, fish
d)
frog, tadpoles, sun
8.
The abiotic factors in this image are ________________.
a)
frog, water, sun
b)
air, water, snail
c)
air, sun, water weeds
d)
air, sun, water
9.
A single flower is an example of an ___________.
a)
organism
b)
population
c)
community
d)
environment
10.
The daisies in this field are an example of a _____________.
a)
organism
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
11.
The daisies and other types of flowers, grasses and organisms like insects are _________________.
a)
an organism
b)
a population
c)
a community
d)
an ecosystem
12.
Mistletoe grows on an oak tree in a forest ecosystem. The mistletoe gets all of its nutrients from the oak tree. This process is good for the mistletoe but hurts the tree. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the oak tree and mistletoe have?
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
13.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
14.
A remora is a small fish that attaches itself to a shark. The remora is carried around by the shark and eats the scraps from the shark's meals. This helps the remora but has no effect on the shark. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the shark and remora have?
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
15.
A small bird lands on a hippo and eats the ticks off the hippo's back. This helps the bird by giving it an easy meal and helps the hippo by removing annoying pests from its skin. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the bird and hippo share?
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
16.
Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL.
a)
ecological succession
b)
primary succession
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
17.
The first organisms that appear in an ecological community
a)
ecological succession
b)
primary succession
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
18.
How do lichens and moss contribute to primary succession?
a)
They decompose organic matter from animals and plants
b)
They begin to break down rock to form soil
c)
They are nitrogen fixing bacteria
19.
The picture shows what type of succession?
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
tertiary
d)
quadanary
20.
Natural disasters such as flooding and tornadoes are linked to ________________.
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
old fields
d)
ecosystems
21.
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
a)
primary succession
b)
eutrophication
c)
secondary succession
d)
intermediate
22.
This type of succession happens more quickly than the other because soil is already present.
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
both types of succession
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