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Ecology- food chains and food webs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is ecology?

a)

the study of cells

b)

the study of the atmosphere

c)

the study of interactions of living organisms and their environment

d)

the study of animal behavior

2.

Which of the following is NOT a level of environmental organization?

a)

biosphere

b)

ecosystem

c)

biotic

d)

community

3.

Which of the following is the smallest level of environmental organization?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Organism

4.

What are abiotic factors?

a)

the nonliving part of the environment

b)

the living part of the environment

c)

the part of the Earth where life exists

d)

all the populations of species that live in the same habitat

5.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an abiotic factor?

a)

water

b)

rocks

c)

light

d)

plants

6.

What are biotic factors?

a)

describes the living factors of the environment

b)

describes the nonliving factors of the environment

c)

the feeding relationships between organisms

d)

describes how energy in food flows from one organism to another

7.

Which is NOT an example of biotic factors?

a)

trees

b)

scorpion

c)

snake

d)

sunlight

8.

What are producers?

a)

organisms that use sunlight to make food

b)

organisms that eat other organisms

c)

an organism that eats only plants

d)

an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

9.

An example of a producer is

a)

rabbit

b)

cactus

c)

temperature

d)

bird

10.

What is an herbivore?

a)

an organism that eats only animals

b)

an organism that eats only plants

c)

an organism that eats both plants and animals

d)

an organism that eats dead plants and animals

11.

What is a carnivore?

a)

an organism that eats only animals

b)

an organism that eats only plants

c)

an organism that eats both plants and animals

d)

an organism that eats dead plants and animals

12.

What is a scavenger?

a)

an organism that eats only animals

b)

an organism that eats only plants

c)

an organism that eats dead plants and animals

d)

an organism that eats both plants and animals

13.

What is a decomposer?

a)

an organism that eats only animals

b)

an organism that eats dead plants and animals

c)

an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

14.

An example of a decomposer

a)

bacteria

b)

mice

c)

grasshoppers

d)

coyote

15.

If a top predator like wolves were gone, an effect would be

a)

people couldn't eat meat anymore

b)

grassy areas would decrease

c)

there would be more beavers

d)

less trash outside

16.

What is an organism?

a)

one living thing

b)

the living and non-living things in an area

c)

a group of one specie all living together

d)

The area of earth that has life

17.

About how much energy transfers from 1 level to another on the energy pyramid?

a)

75%

b)

50%

c)

90%

d)

10%

18.

A food chain is

a)

a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another

b)

the living and non-living things in an area

c)

all the populations of species that live in the same habitat

19.

What is at the base of an energy pyramid?

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

producers

d)

top predators

20.

An energy pyramid shows

a)

an ecosystem's loss of energy

b)

only top predators

c)

the part of the earth where life exists

d)

only abiotic factors