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WorksheetsEcology
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Any living thing
organism
population
community
ecosystem
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
organism
habitat
population
biome
Living parts of environment
abiotic factors
biotic factors
habitat
population
Nonliving parts of environment
abiotic factors
biotic factors
habitat
population
Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?
water
sunlight
decomposing log
soil
All the organisms of the same species in an area
biome
population
community
ecosystem
Which of the following is a definition for community?
All the biotic factors in an area
All the populations of the different species in an area
All the biotic and abiotic factors
All the organisms of the same species
All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
population
community
ecosystem
biome
Which of the following is the correct levels of organization in the correct order?
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome
organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome
population, community, ecosystem, organism
organism, ecosystem, community, population
Antelope move INTO an area
immigration
emigration
limiting factor
carrying capacity
Elephants move OUT of an area
immigration
emigration
limiting factor
carrying capacity
A hunter hunting a deer is an example of a(n)
immigration
emigration
limiting factor
carrying capacity
When an area reaches the largest number of a population the area can support
immigration
emigration
limiting factor
carrying capacity
When two squirrels fight over the same nut
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
When a lion hunts, kills, and eats a zebra
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
Close relationship between organisms in which at least one benefits
competition
predation
symbiosis
Barnacles create home sites on whales. This relationship neither helps or harms the whale
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
A bison walks through the grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by the cowbird
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
A lamprey attaches and feeds off a perch
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on the rhino
competition
predation
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
The first organism to enter an area after a disturbance to create soil
lichens
mosses
pioneer species
plants
Series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
primary succession
secondary succession
tertiary succession
climax succession
Series of changes that occur in an area where soil or organisms exist
primary succession
secondary succession
tertiary succession
climax succession
Identify the following succession
primary succession
secondary succession
Identify the following succession
primary succession
secondary succession
Organisms that can make their own food
producer
consumer
herbivore
omnivore
Organisms that cannot make their own food
producer
consumer
herbivore
omnivore
Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the nutrients to the soil
producer
consumer
decomposer
omnivore
An organism that only eats plants
herbivore
omnivore
scavenger
carnivore
An organism that only eats meat
herbivore
omnivore
scavenger
carnivore
An organism that eats meat and plants
herbivore
omnivore
scavenger
carnivore
An organism that is a carnivore that only feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
herbivore
omnivore
scavenger
carnivore
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one level to another in a food web
energy pyramid
food web
food chain
adaptations
Where is the most energy?
leaves
grasshopper
frogs
hawks
Where are the most organisms?
leaves
grasshopper
frogs
hawks
Which of the following is true?
As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms goes down
As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms goes up
As you go up the pyramid the number of organisms stays the same
As you go down the pyramid the number of organisms goes down
Developed the theory of evolution
Darwin
Redi
Pasteur
Mendel
Slight differences in inherited traits in individual organisms in a species
Natural selection
variations
competition
camouflage
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
Natural selection
variations
competition
camouflage
Inherited trait that increases an organism's chances of survival
Natural selection
adaptations
competition
camouflage
Adaptations that involve color, shape, and other physical characteristics
structural
behavioral
functional
Adaptations that involve how an organism behaves
structural
behavioral
functional
Adaptations that involve internal body systems
structural
behavioral
functional
Resemblance of one organism to another
mimicry
camouflage
Adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment
mimicry
camouflage
