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Living Things and the Environment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An ecosystem is made up of all the ___________ and _____________ factors in an area. 
a)
not/without
b)
Limiting Factor/ Carrying Capacity
c)
Living/ Nonliving
d)
life/ biotic factor
2.
Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.
a)
abiotic factor
b)
biotic factor
c)
non-living
d)
life
3.
Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________. 
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
limiting factor
d)
carrying capacity 
4.
Bio means _________.
a)
non-living
b)
not/without
c)
life
d)
living
5.
Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
6.
Is a soil an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abioitic
b)
biotic
7.
Is a mushroom an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
8.
Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
9.
Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
10.
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
11.
TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.
a)
TRUE
b)
FASLE
12.
Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?
a)
A community
b)
An individual or species
c)
A population
d)
An ecosystem
13.
What level of organization can be seen here?
a)
Species
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
14.
TRUE or FALSE: An ecosystem contains only biotic factors.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
15.
What level of organization can be observed in the image?
a)
Species
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
16.
The study of organisms and how they interact with one another and their environment is best described as
a)
Biology
b)
Ecology
c)
Zoology
d)
Botany
17.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
18.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
19.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
20.
Which of the following best describes a community?
a)
sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
b)
decorator crabs on the seafloor
c)
loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
d)
prairie grassland in Wyoming