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WorksheetsS5 Ecology (Entire Unit)
Total questions: 98
Worksheet time: 49mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a species?
a)
The individual living organism
b)
All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time.
c)
All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time.
d)
One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem.
2.
What is a population?
a)
The individual living organism
b)
All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time.
c)
All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time.
d)
One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem.
3.
What is a community?
a)
The individual living organism
b)
All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time.
c)
All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time.
d)
One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem.
4.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
The individual living organism
b)
All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time.
c)
All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time.
d)
One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem.
5.
What is a biome?
a)
The individual living organism
b)
All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time.
c)
All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time.
d)
Individual ecosystems grouped together according to the climate, the predominant vegetation, and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment.
6.
Which is an example of a species?
a)
Whitetail Deer
b)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, & mushrooms
c)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, mushrooms, & rocks
d)
Granite Rocks
7.
Which is an example of a population?
a)
Whitetail deer in South Carolina
b)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, & mushrooms in the southeast
c)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, mushrooms, & rocks in South Carolina
d)
Granite Rocks in Belton
8.
Which is an example of a community?
a)
Whitetail deer in South Carolina
b)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, & mushrooms in south carolina
c)
Whitetail Deer, Plants, mushrooms, & rocks in South Carolina
d)
Granite Rocks in Belton
9.
Which is an example of an ecosystem?
a)
Individual Whitetail Deer
b)
All of the Whitetail Deer in the world
c)
Temperate deciduous forest that the whitetail deer lives in.
d)
All Whitetail Deer of the same family
10.
What is ecology?
a)
The science which studies living things, the environment, and their interactions.
b)
The science which studies that passing of inherited traits
c)
The science which studies the elements that make up our planet.
d)
The science which studies the interactions of chemicals.
11.
Biotic Factors are __________.
a)
Living
b)
Non Living
12.
Abiotic Factors are __________.
a)
Living
b)
Non Living
13.
Soil is ________
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
14.
True or False: Soil plays a vital role in an ecosystem
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: Soil has an effect on the types of plants that can grow in an ecosystem, which directly impacts the types of other organisms that can survive there.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
True or False: If a change in the properties of soil occurs, the ecosystem (including biotic and abiotic factors) will also change.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Soils form in layers, or horizons, and all the layers make up the _____ _____.
a)
Soil profile
b)
Composition
c)
Texture
d)
pH
18.
Which of the following are a layer of soil?
a)
Topsoil
b)
boatsoil
c)
motorsoil
d)
sidesoil
19.
Which of the following are a layer of soil?
a)
Subsoil
b)
boatsoil
c)
motorsoil
d)
sidesoil
20.
Which of the following are a layer of soil?
a)
bedrock
b)
boatsoil
c)
motorsoil
d)
sidesoil
21.
Most animals live on what layer of soil?
a)
Bedrock
b)
Sidesoil
c)
Subsoil
d)
Topsoil
22.
What is humus?
a)
Decayed organic matter found in soil
b)
Decayed inorganic matter found in soil
c)
Broken down rocks found in soil
d)
Water molecules that are broken down in soil
23.
Which of the following is a factor that can affect soil type?
a)
Types of plants
b)
Size of Communities
c)
Size of ecosystem
d)
Type of Communiy
24.
Which of the following is a factor that can affect soil type?
a)
Size of Communities
b)
Climate
c)
Size of ecosystem
d)
Type of Communiy
25.
Which of the following is a factor that can affect soil type?
a)
Size of Communities
b)
Size of ecosystem
c)
Type of Communiy
d)
Slope of land
26.
Which of the following is a factor that can affect soil type?
a)
Type of Communiy
b)
Size of ecosystem
c)
Time
d)
Size of Communities
27.
Soil Texture depends on the....
a)
...size of individual soil particles
b)
...size of the ecosystem
c)
...size of the community
d)
...rate of permeability
28.
Which of the following is a name of texture?
a)
Loam
b)
Shaloam
c)
Pholoam
d)
Cee-Lo
29.
Which of the following is a name of texture?
a)
Sandy clay loam
b)
Shaloam
c)
Pholoam
d)
Cee-Lo
30.
Which of the following is a name of texture?
a)
Silt loam
b)
Shaloam
c)
Pholoam
d)
Cee-Lo
31.
Which of the following is a name of texture?
a)
Clay
b)
Shaloam
c)
Pholoam
d)
Cee-Lo
32.
Texture can affect
a)
the amount of water absorbed for use by organisms
b)
the amount of sunlight absorbed for use by organisms
c)
the amount of air absorbed by the soil for use by organisms
d)
the amount of wind absorbed by the soil for use by organisms
33.
Soil particles that are larger than 2mm are called
a)
Gravel
b)
concrete
c)
steel
d)
coarse
34.
Which particle size is the largest?
a)
Coarse sand
b)
Very Fine Sand
c)
Silt
d)
Clay
35.
Which particle size is the smallest?
a)
Coarse sand
b)
Very Fine Sand
c)
Silt
d)
Clay
36.
Which particle size is the next step from Clay?
a)
Coarse sand
b)
Very Fine Sand
c)
Silt
d)
Clay
37.
Which particle size is the next step from Silt?
a)
Coarse sand
b)
Very Fine Sand
c)
Silt
d)
Clay
38.
Permeability and pH are measurable items that are used to determine
a)
Soil Quality
b)
Water Quality
c)
Acid Quality
d)
Base Quality
39.
How freely water flows through soil
a)
Permeability
b)
Quality
c)
pH
d)
Texture
40.
The more packed together soil is...
a)
The less permeable it is
b)
The less quality it is
c)
The more nutrients it has
d)
The better it is
41.
True or False: Soils can be acidic or basic
a)
True
b)
False
42.
The pH of soil can be anywhere between
a)
4-10
b)
3-9
c)
2-10
d)
0-1
43.
Most plants grow the best if the soil has a pH of
a)
5-7
b)
4-8
c)
3-9
d)
0-100 (real quick)
44.
Changes in an environment can...
a)
have an effect on the amount of resources available in the environment.
b)
have an effect on the rotation of Earth
c)
have an effect on the weather
d)
have an effect on the amount of sunlight
45.
What do organisms compete for?
a)
Only Food
b)
Only Water
c)
Only Territory
d)
Food, water, & territory
46.
Any naturally occurring event that has an effect on the ecosystem.
a)
Natural Hazard
b)
Limiting Factor
c)
Climate
d)
Availability of Resources
47.
Anything that prevents a population from growing larger.
a)
Natural Hazard
b)
Limiting Factor
c)
Climate
d)
Availability of Resources
48.
Refers to the temperature and amount of rainfall in a particular environment.
a)
Natural Hazard
b)
Limiting Factor
c)
Climate
d)
Availability of Resources
49.
Floods, hurricanes, and wildfires are examples of:
a)
Natural hazards
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Climate
d)
Availability of resources
50.
What happens as a result of Natural Hazards?
a)
All organisms die
b)
All organisms thrive
c)
Some thrive & some die
d)
Life goes extinct
51.
Heat and smoke generated during a wildfire influences seed germination in plants in an ecosystem.
a)
Natural Hazard
b)
Limiting Factor
c)
Climate
d)
Availability of resources
52.
The maximum number of organisms that can survive in a particular ecosystem
a)
carrying capacity
b)
Biotic
c)
Abiotic
d)
Natural Hazards
53.
An example of a biotic limiting factor
a)
predators
b)
soil quality
c)
water supply
d)
Sunlight
54.
An example of a biotic limiting factor
a)
food
b)
soil quality
c)
water supply
d)
Sunlight
55.
An example of an abiotic limiting factor
a)
food
b)
soil quality
c)
competition
d)
predators
56.
An example of an abiotic limiting factor
a)
food
b)
water supply
c)
competition
d)
predators
57.
Changes in temperature can cause
a)
Populations to stay the same
b)
Populations to change
58.
Changes in rainfall can cause
a)
Populations to stay the same
b)
Populations to change
59.
When does the availability of resources become a limiting factor?
a)
When the availability of the amount of resources in a given area is less than what the various populations need
b)
When the availability of the amount of resources in a given area is more than what the various populations need
60.
When plants and animals compete for these resources
a)
all will win
b)
all will lose
c)
some win & some lose
d)
nobody wins
61.
Organisms that get resources
a)
survive
b)
die
62.
Organisms that do not get resources
a)
survive
b)
die
63.
What causes competition between organisms?
a)
Interactions that allow organisms greater access to resources.
b)
Organisms do not interact with each other
c)
Organisms interact with abiotic factors in the environment
d)
Organisms want to win!
64.
What are relationships that allow organisms to have more access to resource?
a)
Symbiotic Relationships
b)
Desymbiotic Relationships
c)
Sylent Relationships
d)
Symposium Relationships
65.
Which of the following in a type of symbiotic relationship?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Computatalism
c)
Materialism
d)
Imperialism
66.
Which of the following in a type of symbiotic relationship?
a)
Computationalism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Bacterialism
d)
Imperialism
67.
Which of the following in a type of symbiotic relationship?
a)
Bacterialism
b)
Computationalism
c)
parasitism
d)
Recessionism
68.
Which of the following in a type of symbiotic relationship?
a)
Benefitism
b)
Growthism
c)
Microorganism
d)
competition
69.
A relationship that occurs when two or more organisms need the same resource at the same time.
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
70.
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit. Because the two organisms work closely together, they help each other survive.
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
71.
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other organism (the host). In general, the parasite does not kill the host.
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
72.
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the organism is not affected.
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
73.
Barnacles that attach to whales are dispersed to different environments where they can obtain food and reproduce. This is an example of
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
74.
Burdock seeds that attach to organisms and are carried to locations where they can germinate. This is an example of
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
75.
Plant roots provide food for fungi that break down nutrients the plant needs. This is an example of
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
76.
Bacteria, which have the ability to digest wood, live within the digestive tracts of termites. This is an example of
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
77.
True or False: Competition can be among the members of the same or different species and usually occurs with organisms that share the same niche.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
Refers to the role of an organism in its environment including type of food it eats, how it obtains its food and how it interacts with other organisms.
a)
Ecological Niche
b)
Ecological Deniche
c)
Nkimdiche
d)
Macroniche
79.
True or False: Two species with identical ecological niches can coexist in the same habitat.
a)
True
b)
False
80.
True or False: Competition usually results in a decrease in the population of a species less adapted to compete for a particular resource.
a)
True
b)
False
81.
A __________ exists between organisms of two different species that live together in direct contact.
a)
Symbiotic Relationship
b)
Miotic Relationship
c)
Mitosis Relationship
d)
Meiosis Relationship
82.
True or False: Parasites only live inside a host.
a)
True
b)
False
83.
True or False: Parasites can live inside a host and on the outside of a host.
a)
True
b)
False
84.
Why is it important for a parasite's host to live a long time?
a)
The parasite needs time to reproduce and spread.
b)
The parasite benefits when the host is dead
c)
The parasite benefits when the host has decayed.
d)
The parasite benefits when the host has softened because of old age.
85.
An interaction between species in which one species hunts, kills, and eats the other. This interaction helps regulate the population within an ecosystem thereby causing it to become stable.
a)
Predation
b)
Preyation
c)
Migration
d)
Emigration
86.
True or False: As the prey population increases, the predator population increases.
a)
True
b)
False
87.
True or False: As the predator population increases, the prey population increases.
a)
True
b)
False
88.
Describes the organisms in a particular ecosystem found in interconnecting food chains using pictures or words and arrows.
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Pyramid
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Energy Web
89.
Describe the complex patterns of energy flow in an ecosystem by modeling who consumes whom or what.
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Pyramid
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Energy Web
90.
A graphical representation of the energy flow in an ecosystem.
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Pyramid
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Energy Web
91.
The most energy is available at what level of the pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Secondary Producer
92.
The number of births in a population during a certain amount of time is called the __________
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Kin Rate
d)
Survival Rate
93.
The number of deaths in a population during a certain amount of time is called the __________
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Kin Rate
d)
Survival Rate
94.
When organisms move in from another environment.
a)
Immigration
b)
Migration
c)
Emigration
d)
Mitigation
95.
When part of the population leaves the environment
a)
Immigration
b)
Migration
c)
Emigration
d)
Mitigation
96.
Population growth slows down as it nears Earth's Carrying capacity. This is because
a)
As population increases, so does waste, pollution, etc.
b)
As population decreases so does the death rate
c)
As population increases so does the death rate
d)
Mother nature balances itself
97.
If clean water is being used more than it is being replenished, then
a)
it is not considered renewable
b)
it is considered renewable
c)
it is not considered wasteful
d)
it is not considered as pollution
98.
True or False: Humans generate more waste than they can clean up.
a)
True
b)
False
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