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Test Review Ch 24

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ takes place when more than one organism seeks the same resource at the same time.

a)

carrying capacity

b)

population density

c)

competition

d)

population growth

2.

True of False: Biotic factors include living things.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Competition limits population size.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

All green plants are consumers

a)

True

b)

False

5.

_______ help recycle once living organisms by breaking them down into simple, energy-rich compounds.

a)

Producers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Limiting Factors

6.

The place in which an organism lives is called its niche.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A _____ is a model of the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

food chain

d)

biosphere

8.

Population density is the number of individuals in a certain area.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called _______.

a)

carnivores

b)

parasites

c)

omnivores

d)

decomposers

10.

When a population grows larger than its carrying capacity, limiting factors in the environment cause the population to...

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

undergo coevolution

11.

An example of a nonliving feature of an environment is ________.

a)

a raspberry bush

b)

the water temperature

c)

a grizzly bear

d)

a salamander

12.

An organisms niche includes

a)

what it eats

b)

how it eats

c)

where it finds shelter

d)

all of these answers

13.

In the relationship between a raccoon and the fish in a stream, the raccoon is

a)

the predator

b)

a producer

c)

an herbivore

d)

the prey

14.

Which of the following contains ONLY biotic factors?

a)

a biosphere

b)

an ecosystem

c)

a community

d)

none of these

15.

Omnivores, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers are all types of _________.

a)

predators

b)

prey

c)

producers

d)

consumers

16.

Which of the following is an example of a population?

a)

a flock of birds

b)

bullfrogs in a pond

c)

a heard of sheep

d)

all of these

17.

Of the following, which is NOT a nonliving feature of the environment?

a)

water

b)

fungi

c)

soil

d)

light

18.

Which of the following is an abiotic part of a desert?

a)

cacti

b)

sand

c)

temperature

d)

both b & c

19.

Of the following which are NOT living organisms?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

producers

d)

minerals

20.

The organisms of one species living together in the same place at the same time are a

a)

community

b)

population

c)

niche

d)

all of these

21.

Clown fish and sea anemones relationship can best be described as ______.

a)

naturalistic

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitic

d)

mutualistic

22.

The role a species plays within a community is its _____.

a)

niche

b)

habitat

c)

population

d)

ecology

23.

The number of individuals in a given area is a ______.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

population density

d)

none of these

24.

Which of the following organisms might compete with a mouse for seeds?

a)

hawk

b)

lion

c)

fox

d)

sparrow

25.

Anything that restricts the number of individuals living in a population is __________.

a)

a limiting factor

b)

population spacing

c)

symbiosis

d)

biotic potential

26.

Which of the following includes organisms that can directly convert energy from the sun into food?

a)

producers

b)

decomposers

c)

omnivores

d)

consumers

27.

The part of Earth that supports life.

a)

limiting factor

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

producer

28.

Dead plants at the bottom of a pond are usually consumed by ________.

a)

omnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

carnivores

d)

decomposers

29.

The place where an organism lives.

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

living space

d)

house

30.

All the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.

a)

organisms

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

community

31.

All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment.

a)

biosphere

b)

ecosystem

c)

geology

d)

population

32.

Which of the following is not a method of measuring populations?

a)

total count

b)

trap-release

c)

sample count

d)

trap-mark-release

33.

The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.

a)

ecology

b)

biology

c)

geology

d)

astronomy

34.

Which of the pair of words is incorrect?

a)

grasshopper - herbivore

b)

bear - omnivore

c)

lion - carnivore

d)

mushroom - producer

35.

The largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time.

a)

limiting factor

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

carrying capacity

36.

Which of the following animals is an example of an herbivore?

a)

wolf

b)

moss

c)

tree

d)

rabbit

37.

A symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits but the other is not affected is called ______.

a)

predator-prey

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

38.

A flea sucks blood from a dog. This is an example of a __________ relationship.

a)

parasitic

b)

mutualistic

c)

commensalistic

d)

producer

39.

An individual living thing is called

a)

population

b)

organism

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

40.

Any close relationship between species is called symbiosis

a)

True

b)

False