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Ecosystems quiz.

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this a biotic or abiotic factor?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

2.

Choose the Abiotic factor

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Mr. Madsen gives you the most magical hi-five ever, and you feel extremely happy. This situation is a cause and effect. What is the cause?

a)

You feeling extremely happy

b)

Mr. Madsen's hi-five

c)

The class you took

d)

Doing your homework

4.

Which option is the best definition for Ecosystem

a)

Living and nonliving things working together.

b)

Only the living things in a forrest

c)

How living things change other living things.

d)

The cause and effect of living things

5.

Which one of the following is a resource to a lion?

a)

Water

b)

Money

c)

A house

6.

Deserts, mountains, and rainforests are all examples of.....

a)

Tundras

b)

Ecosystems

c)

Biotic factors

d)

Population

7.

What is the main source of energy entering ecosystems.

a)

The Sun

b)

Wind

c)

Soil

d)

Animals

8.

Many of ONE TYPE of animal in one area at the same time is called a.......

a)

Population

b)

Organism

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Forest

9.

In the following statement what is the effect?


Climate change is predicted to produce more extreme weather patters.

a)

Predictions

b)

Climate change

c)

More extreme weather patterns

d)

Flying otters

10.

What is NOT a resource for birds

a)

sticks to build nests with

b)

worms to eat

c)

water to drink

d)

hail storms that destroy their nests

11.

How are ecosystems important to humans

a)

They clean the air

b)

They are great for activities

c)

All of these answers are correct

d)

They provide resources like wood

12.

A bunch of populations and nonliving things working together make up an ___________.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Organism

c)

Forest

d)

Mountain range

13.

Crocodiles get their teeth cleaned by plover birds. This is an example of a ______________ relationship

a)

Mutualistic

b)

Commensalistic

c)

Predator Prey

d)

Parasitic

14.

If you remove species from an ecosystem it can become _________.

a)

Unbalanced

b)

Healthier

c)

Larger

d)

Smaller

15.

Mushrooms and fungi are __________

a)

Decomposers

b)

Producers

c)

Consumers

16.

Tiny plankton that produce their own food using sunlight are ______________

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Glorbertarians

17.

If wolfs run out of easy prey to catch and they start to die, their prey is an example of an _________

a)

Limiting factor

b)

Competition

c)

Abiotic factors

d)

Parasitism

18.

Is this a stable population?

a)

No

b)

Yes

19.

Is there more producers or consumers in an ecosystem?

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

20.

What is there the least of in an ecosystem?

a)

Tertiary consumers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Producers

21.

What's this?

a)

A Food Web

b)

A Food Chain

22.
Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic factors
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystems
23.
Nonliving things found in an ecosystem.
a)
factories
b)
factor trees
c)
biotic factors
d)
abiotic factors
24.
Something that limits the size  of a population.
a)
maxfactor
b)
factor tree
c)
the x factor
d)
limiting factor
25.

Decomposers get their food by __________.

a)

making it themselves

b)

eating live organisms

c)

eating dead organisms

d)

eating themselves

26.

Which of the following would be a limiting factor in a desert?

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Sunlight

d)

Number of wales present