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WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
2.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
3.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
4.
All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n):
a)
ecosystem
b)
house
c)
community
d)
mountain
5.
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
prey
6.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
d)
population
7.
Grass is considered a ...
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
composers
8.
A ____________ breaks down waste or dead organisms and recycles nutrients.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
omnivore
9.
An animal that is hunted for food.
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
consumer
d)
decomposer
10.
An organism that makes its own food for energy
a)
consumer
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
producer
11.
An organism that cannot make its own food
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
tree
d)
leaf
12.
Which is the best description of an ecosystem?
a)
all of the living and nonliving things in an area
b)
all of the individuals of one species in an are
c)
all of the populations of living things in an area
d)
all of the abiotic factors in an area
13.
Which is a non-living part of an ecosystem?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
All of these
14.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
15.
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
16.
What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
17.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
18.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
19.
Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
20.
_________________ is the term to describe all the members of one species living in a particular area.
a)
Community
b)
Pod
c)
Population
d)
Gaggle
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