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Ecology

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any living thing

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

2.

An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

a)

organism

b)

habitat

c)

population

d)

biome

3.

Living parts of environment

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

c)

habitat

d)

population

4.

Nonliving parts of environment

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

c)

habitat

d)

population

5.

Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?

a)

water

b)

sunlight

c)

decomposing log

d)

soil

6.

All the organisms of the same species in an area

a)

biome

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

7.

Which of the following is a definition for community?

a)

All the biotic factors in an area

b)

All the populations of the different species in an area

c)

All the biotic and abiotic factors

d)

All the organisms of the same species

8.

All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome

9.

Which of the following is the correct levels of organization in the correct order?

a)

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome

b)

organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome

c)

population, community, ecosystem, organism

d)

organism, ecosystem, community, population

10.

Antelope move INTO an area

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

limiting factor

d)

carrying capacity

11.

Elephants move OUT of an area

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

limiting factor

d)

carrying capacity

12.

A hunter hunting a deer is an example of a(n)

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

limiting factor

d)

carrying capacity

13.

When an area reaches the largest number of a population the area can support

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

limiting factor

d)

carrying capacity

14.

When two squirrels fight over the same nut

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

15.

When a lion hunts, kills, and eats a zebra

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

16.

Close relationship between organisms in which at least one benefits

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

symbiosis

17.

Barnacles create home sites on whales. This relationship neither helps or harms the whale

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

18.

A bison walks through the grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by the cowbird

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

19.

A lamprey attaches and feeds off a perch

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

20.

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

21.

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on the rhino

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

e)

parasitism

22.

The first organism to enter an area after a disturbance to create soil

a)

lichens

b)

mosses

c)

pioneer species

d)

plants

23.

Series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

tertiary succession

d)

climax succession

24.

Series of changes that occur in an area where soil or organisms exist

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

tertiary succession

d)

climax succession

25.

Identify the following succession

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

26.

Identify the following succession

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

27.

Organisms that can make their own food

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

omnivore

28.

Organisms that cannot make their own food

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

omnivore

29.

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the nutrients to the soil

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

omnivore

30.

An organism that only eats plants

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

scavenger

d)

carnivore

31.

An organism that only eats meat

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

scavenger

d)

carnivore

32.

An organism that eats meat and plants

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

scavenger

d)

carnivore

33.

An organism that is a carnivore that only feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

scavenger

d)

carnivore

34.

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one level to another in a food web

a)

energy pyramid

b)

food web

c)

food chain

d)

adaptations

35.

Where is the most energy?

a)

leaves

b)

grasshopper

c)

frogs

d)

hawks

36.

Where are the most organisms?

a)

leaves

b)

grasshopper

c)

frogs

d)

hawks

37.

Which of the following is true?

a)

As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms goes down

b)

As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms goes up

c)

As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms stays the same

d)

As you go down the pyramid the number of organisms goes down

38.

Developed the theory of evolution

a)

Darwin

b)

Redi

c)

Pasteur

d)

Mendel

39.

Slight differences in inherited traits in individual organisms in a species

a)

Natural selection

b)

variations

c)

competition

d)

camouflage

40.

The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them to survive in their environments, live longer, outcompete, and reproduce more organisms with the same variation

a)

Natural selection

b)

variations

c)

competition

d)

camouflage

41.

Inherited trait that increases an organism's chances of survival

a)

Natural selection

b)

adaptations

c)

competition

d)

camouflage

42.

Adaptations that involve color, shape, and other physical characteristics

a)

structural

b)

behavioral

c)

functional

43.

Adaptations that involve how an organism behaves

a)

structural

b)

behavioral

c)

functional

44.

Adaptations that involve internal body systems

a)

structural

b)

behavioral

c)

functional

45.

Resemblance of one organism to another

a)

mimicry

b)

camouflage

46.

Adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment

a)

mimicry

b)

camouflage