WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which term refers to the number of different types of organisms in an ecosystem?
a)
Biotic
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Aquatic ecosystems
d)
Habitat
2.
What term means "living?"
a)
Biotic
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Aquatic ecosystems
d)
Abiotic
3.
What is the place where an organism lives and carries out all of its life processes?
a)
Biotic
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Aquatic Systems
d)
Habitat
4.
What type of ecosystems contains either fresh or salt water?
a)
Abiotic
b)
Biotic
c)
Aquatic Ecosystems
d)
Habitat
5.
What term describes the interactions of biotic components with each other and with the abiotic components in their environment?
a)
Habitat destruction
b)
Hybrid
c)
Biotic
d)
Ecosystem
6.
What is the main cause of species extinction or endangerment in terrestrial ecosystems?
a)
Habitat destruction
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Hybrid
d)
Natural Ecosystems
7.
What type of ecosystems are neither designed nor managed by humans?
a)
Habitat destruction
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Hybrid
d)
Natural ecosystems
8.
What is the name for the offspring between two closely related species or between two varieties, strains or breeds of the same species?
a)
Biotic
b)
Hybrid
c)
Population
d)
Community
9.
What is the term for areas of the world that contain a lot of biodiversity, but which may be under threat of losing it because of human activities?
a)
Population
b)
Hotspots
c)
Salt water
d)
Sunlight
10.
What is the term for a group of individuals who are all from the same species and who live in the same area?
a)
Population
b)
Hotspots
c)
Salt water
d)
Sunlight
11.
What abiotic component of ecosystems is essential for plant growth and for warming our planet ?
a)
Population
b)
Hotspots
c)
Salt Water
d)
Sunlight
12.
What kind of water do marine ecosystems contain?
a)
Population
b)
Hotspots
c)
Salt Water
d)
Sunlight
13.
When biodiversity __________, an ecosystem is more vulnerable to changes.
a)
Biology
b)
Increases/Descreases
c)
Terrestrial ecosystems
d)
Abiotic
14.
What is the study of life called?
a)
Biology
b)
Ecosystems
c)
Abiotic
d)
Biotic
15.
What term means non-living?
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Population
16.
What types of ecosystems are based on the land?
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Marine
c)
Biology
d)
Biotic
17.
What term refers to the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?
a)
Individual
b)
Ecological Niche
c)
Life
d)
Marine
18.
What is the term used to refer to one member of a population?
a)
Individual
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Species
19.
Oceans and seas are examples of ______ ecosystems, while rivers, lakes and streams are not.
a)
Terrestrial
b)
Marine
c)
Freshwater
d)
Biotic
20.
What does bio mean?
a)
Life
b)
Death
c)
Niche
d)
Indivual
21.
What type of ecosystems are filled with salt water?
a)
Marine
b)
Freshwater
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Sustainability
22.
What term refers to living in a manner that ensures that populations can survive and thrive in an environment using the available resources around them for many generation to come?
a)
Marine
b)
Biotic
c)
Ecological Sustainability
d)
Ecological Niche
23.
What term refers to the sum of all the different ecosystems found on this planet?
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biosphere
c)
Ecology
d)
Biology
24.
Sunlight, temperature, soil conditions, and wind are what type of factors in an ecosystem?
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
25.
What are the types of ecosystems designed and managed by humans?
a)
Ecology
b)
Biosphere
c)
Artificial
d)
Natural
26.
What is the term for the study of organisms within their environment?
a)
Biology
b)
Ecology
c)
Niche
d)
Population
27.
What is the term used to describe a group of individuals who are all similar in appearance, can breed in natural environments, and who can produce healthy and fertile offspring?
a)
Biome
b)
Species
c)
Fresh water
d)
Community
28.
What is the term for a group of similar ecosystems found in a given area?
a)
Biome
b)
Biosphere
c)
Species
d)
Stewardship
29.
If an aquatic ecosystem does not contain salt water, then what type of water does it contain?
a)
Biome
b)
Marine
c)
Niche
d)
Fresh Water
30.
What term refers to acting responsibly for the care and management of our environment?
a)
Environmental Stewardship
b)
Environmental Sustainability
31.
What term refers to the sum of all the populations of all the living things in an area?
a)
Producers
b)
Community
c)
Decomposers
d)
Species
32.
Which type of organisms breakdown the remains and wastes of other organisms?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Biotic
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