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Ecology

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Metamorphic
a)
formed from other rocks, changed because of heat and pressure. ex-granite, marble, obsidian
b)
formed from sediment, erosion build up
c)
formed from magma in a volcano, erupted and then cooled
2.
Inherited trait
a)
something you get from your parents, ex-clothes, furniture, money
b)
something you get from your sibling, ex-hair, eye, freckles,skin
c)
something you get from your parents, ex-hair color, eye color, nose, ears
3.
Gene
a)
basic physical unit of chromosomes,comes from your brain
b)
basic physical unit of hereditary, DNA coded instruction for synthesis of RNA
c)
blood, used to show male or female
4.
Sedimentary
a)
formed by deposition, material from Earth and within bodies of water, ex-sandstone, weathering debris
b)
from magma in a volcano and then came up to Earth's surface to cool
c)
formed from loamy soil and then mixed with cement
5.
Ecology
a)
Study of Earth
b)
Study of Everything
c)
Study of Ecosystem
6.
Carbon Dioxide=CO2
a)
1 Carbon, 2 Oxygen
b)
1 Chlorine, 2 Oxygen
c)
1 Chlorophyll, 2 Oxygen
7.
Ecosystem
a)
a nonbiological community of interacting organisms and their physical encironment
b)
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical encironment
8.
Adaptation
a)
role of organism, being able to live in/survival in an environment
b)
adapting to someone important
c)
adapting to something important
9.
Food web
a)
ex-egg, tadpole, frog
b)
ex-bunny, wolf eats bunny, hunter kills wolf, repeat
10.
Consumer
a)
purchase goods and services for personal use. 
b)
a person that eats something
c)
an organism, typically an animal or plant. Part of the food chain.
11.
Environment
a)
Surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operated in
b)
House where an animal, plant or person lives at
12.
Life cycle
a)
the cycle of photosysnthesis
b)
series of changes in the life of an organism
13.
Igneous
a)
sediment formed from deposition
b)
clay soil that is dried out
c)
solidified lava or magma rock
14.
Organism
a)
an individual, plant or single celled life form
b)
an atom that is part of the body
c)
a proton in the nucleus 
15.
Food chain
a)
life cycle of a frog
b)
example:grass, cow, human
c)
example:egg, tadpole, frog
16.
Soil
a)
clam, soil, loamy
b)
loamy, clam, sandy
c)
sandy, loamy, clay
17.
Producer
a)
green plant or bacterium, part of the first level of food chain
b)
produces food
c)
produces plants
18.
Energy
a)
ability to do work
b)
ability to study
c)
ability to exercise
19.
Learned behavior
a)
born with a behavior
b)
behavior most likely learned from parent, sibling or someone close to you
20.
Ecologist
a)
scientist who studies animals, plants, humans and how they interact within an ecosystem
b)
study of life
c)
studies animals and places where they live
21.
Observation
a)
observing something or someone carefully.
b)
having to talk to for a long period of time
c)
saving the environment
22.
Trait
a)
character trait
b)
feature of an organism.
c)
egg, tadpole, frog
23.
Survival
a)
current function in an organism tha tis maintained and evolved.
b)
branch of biology that deals with organisms
c)
the state or fact of continuing to list or exist.