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Eco Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
 The study of the relationships between organisms and their environments 
a)
Mycology 
b)
Ecology
c)
Biology
d)
Ecosystem
2.
Water, rocks, sunlight and air temperature are examples of these
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
3.
Water, rocks, sunlight and air temperature are examples of these
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
4.
plants, animals, and bacteria are examples of these
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
5.
Organisms, like a leaf,  that can make their own food 
a)
consumer
b)
producer
6.
From the deepest crevice to the highest mountain; this describes any place life can occur 
a)
organism
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
biosphere
7.
All of these puffins live in the same place, they make a
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
biosphere
8.
Anything that causes a population to stop growing (the things that limit the population)
a)
carrying capacity
b)
disease
c)
starvation
d)
limiting factor
9.
All living AND nonliving things in the same place at the same time (aka Habitat)
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
biosphere
10.
All living AND nonliving things in the same place at the same time (aka Habitat)
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
biosphere
11.
Which term represents the smallest thing?
a)
organism
b)
species
c)
population
d)
biosphere
12.
Which term describes the biggest thing?
a)
biosphere
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
organism
13.
A spider eating a fly is an example of which type of vore? 
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
14.
Organisms that cannot make their own food and must eat others for energy are called ...
a)
producers
b)
consumers
15.
An organism that eats ONLY plants is which type of vore? 
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
16.
An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms is a ...
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
decomposer
17.
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism is a ...
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
decomposer
18.
An organism that eats dead organisms(or feces) for food is a 
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
decomposer
19.
An organism that eats BOTH plants and animals is this type of vore.
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detritivore
20.
An organism that lives on or in another organism, stealing its nutrients, and causing it harm
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
parasite
d)
host
21.
Any organism that is being fed upon and harmed or killed by a parasite
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
parasite
d)
host
22.
The maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support (keep alive)
a)
limiting factor
b)
carrying capacity
c)
population
23.
Which statement is NOT accurate once a population grows beyond the carrying capacity? 
a)
organisms have more babies
b)
organisms die
c)
organisms leave
d)
organisms catch more diseass
24.
Muskie eat frogs.  In which direction will the arrow that connects them point?
a)
frog ⇐  muskie
b)
frog ⇒  muskie
c)
frog ⇑ muskie
d)
frog ⇓ muskie
25.
 Energy is lost as it passes through a food chain; how much energy makes it to the next level?
a)
100%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
0%
26.
Without bacteria in the ecosystem, what would happen?
a)
There would be no oxygen available
b)
Nobody would ever get sick again.
c)
Nothing would change
d)
Dead materials would pile up.
27.
sun→bamboo→panda
What will happen to the energy the panda has consumed and stored? 
a)
the panda decomposes, returning the energy to the environment
b)
the energy returns to the sun for plants to absorb
c)
nothing happens, the energy is lost
d)
the panda uses up all of its energy in its lifetime
28.
What will most likely happen if the mice are removed from the food web?
a)
The owl population will grow
b)
The rabbit population will grow
c)
The grain population will grow
d)
Nothing will happen
29.
What is the eating relationship between the krill and protozoan? 
a)
The krill get energy from the protozoan
b)
 The protozoan eat the krill
c)
The krill are prey for the protozoan
d)
both organisms are producers
30.
Which term is used to describe the living together of two dissimilar organisms? 
a)
limiting factors
b)
carrying capacity
c)
symbiosis
d)
ecology
31.
A remora fish uses a shark for transportation and eats the shark's leftovers; the shark gets no benefit.  What kind of relationship is this? 
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
32.
The alligator gets its teeth cleaned; the bird gets food from the alligator's teeth.  What kind of relationship is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
33.
A wood tick attaches itself to a deer, stealing nutrients from the deer and making it sick.  What kind of relationship is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism