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Interactions in Ecosystems

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organelle performs PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

2.

What process occurs when light energy is captured in producers and converted into sugar?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

3.
Plants need ________ for photosynthesis
a)
oxygen
b)
soil
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
sugar
4.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
water and carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen and glucose
c)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
oxygen and water
5.
Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon dioxide
6.
What is the tiniest particle in the entire universe?
a)
cells
b)
gases
c)
atoms
d)
liquids
7.

What is the picture displayed?

a)

atom

b)

element

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

molecule

8.

What is a producer?

a)

An organism that can make its own food using energy from the sun.

b)

An organism that eats other organism to survive.

c)

a person who pays for movies to be made.

d)

An organism that breaks down dead things and waste.

9.

How does a food chain relate to a food web?

a)

they are 2nd cousins twice removed

b)

the food chain shows one possible path of energy as it flows from organism to organism.

c)

there is no connection

10.

What percentage of energy from one organism is passed onto the next organism in a food chain?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

40%

11.

There is less energy as you move up a pyramid of energy because...

a)

There are fewer organisms at each level

b)

Energy is stored at each level

c)

Energy is lost at each level

d)

The organisms are bigger as you move up a pyramid

12.

Another word (a synonym) for a producer

a)

scavenger

b)

consumer

c)

photosynthesizer

d)

heterotroph

13.
What energy role describes an organism that cannot make its own food and therefore gets energy by eating other organisms?
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
autotroph
d)
sunlight
14.
Consumers that eat only meat are called
a)
decomposers
b)
herbivores
c)
carnivores
d)
omnivores
15.
Herbivores eat
a)
meat only
b)
plants only
c)
both meat and plants
d)
freshly dead organisms
16.
Omnivores eat
a)
meat only
b)
plants only
c)
both meat and plants
d)
freshly dead organisms
17.
Carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms are
a)
herbivores
b)
decomposers
c)
omnivores
d)
scavengers
18.
Earthworms eat decaying living material in the soil, and then return that energy to the ecosystem. This energy role is
a)
decomposer
b)
autotroph
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
19.

In which organelle does cellular respiration occur?

a)

chloroplast

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

cell membrane

20.

Which of the following is NOT biotic?

a)

ant

b)

ant lion

c)

ant lion's den

d)

grass surrounding the den

21.

The role an organism plays in its habitat is called its...

a)

profession

b)

niche

c)

natural selection

d)

adaptation

22.

Cells withdraw energy by..

a)

breaking down glucose molecules

b)

making glucose molecules

c)

using carbon dioxide

d)

using photosynthesis

23.

Which of the following is NOT a product of cellular respiration?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

ATP energy

d)

glucose

24.

A collection of all of the living populations in an area is a(n)

a)

ecosystem

b)

species

c)

community

d)

population

25.

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria live on special nodes in the roots of bean plants. The bacteria "fix" the nitrogen so that the plants can use it. Which word BEST describes this scenario?

a)

predation

b)

competition

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism