WorksheetsEcosystems 8.L.3.1
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An individual living thing is a/an __________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
2.
All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.
a)
biography
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
biology
3.
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area are called a/an ________.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
4.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
5.
A group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an ________.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
6.
What is the definition of Biotic factors?
a)
Dead things
b)
plants
c)
Living things or organisms
d)
soil
7.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
8.
What is an example of a biotic factor?
a)
skunk
b)
rocks
c)
soil
d)
water
9.
What does a biotic do?
a)
do nothing
b)
move, repopulate, and live
c)
stand still
d)
dead things
10.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
11.
Which is a biotic factor?
a)
Fox
b)
Mountain
c)
Air
d)
Sunlight
12.
A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.
a)
threatened species
b)
populations
c)
community
d)
limiting factor
13.
All of the populations that live in one area together
a)
limiting factors
b)
populations
c)
community
d)
speed limit
14.
Something that limits the size of a population.
a)
maxfactor
b)
factor tree
c)
the x factor
d)
limiting factor
15.
Deserts, mountains, and rivers are all examples of ________.
a)
vacation spots
b)
tundra
c)
ecosystems
d)
wetlands
16.
Ecosystems are always______.
a)
always changing
b)
always balanced
c)
never changing
d)
never balanced
17.
The part of Earth where organisms can live.
a)
biotic factors
b)
biosphere
c)
ecology
d)
biology
18.
The number of individuals a habitat can sustain with the resources it has available
a)
Carrying capacity
b)
Limiting factors
c)
Resources
d)
Population
19.
Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?
a)
Water
b)
Disease
c)
Migration
d)
Thick fur
20.
What is a producer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
21.
If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for an animal:
a)
Stays the same
b)
Increases
c)
Decreases
d)
Fluctuates
22.
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
a)
Squirrel Population
b)
Sunlight
c)
Grass available
23.
The largest number of individuals in a species that an environment can support long term
a)
carrying capacity
b)
emigration
c)
immigration
d)
population density
24.
Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
a)
increase in predators
b)
disease
c)
increase in available food
d)
drought
25.
Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting to large.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
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
27.
The NUMBER of individuals in a certain population.
a)
Population
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Population Density
28.
Environmental factors that keep a population from increasing.
a)
Carrying Capacity
b)
Limiting Factors
29.
The largest number of organisms that the environment can support.
a)
Carrying Capacity
b)
Limiting Factor
30.
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
31.
Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.
a)
abiotic factor
b)
biotic factor
c)
non-living
d)
life
32.
Bio means _________.
a)
non-living
b)
not/without
c)
life
d)
living
33.
The Latin root- A - means?
a)
true
b)
not/ without
c)
to make
d)
before
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