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Unit 1 - Energy in Ecosystems

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A mother polar bear and her cub are an example of a(n)

a)

Population

b)

Parasitism

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Community

2.

Which of the following allows for energy to return to the producers (hence complete the circle of life?)

a)

Tertiary Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Detritivore

d)

primary consumer

3.

What is a reason why the population for "species 5" levels out at Day 21-35.

a)

The population is steadily increasing due to vast amounts of resources

b)

The population levels out because of unlimited resources

c)

The population reaches its carrying capacity, meaning the ecosystem has not reached its limit to sustain the species

d)

The population reaches its capacity, meaning the ecosystem reached the maximum amount of organisms it can support

4.

The emerald cockroach wasp is a solitary wasp that stings a cockroach and uses it as a host for its larva. The larva will then hatch from inside the cockroach and eat the cockroach from the inside out. This is an example of:

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

5.

Climate change has caused the ocean’s waters to become slightly acidic. This means the chemical composition of the water has changed, which “suffocated the corals in the Great Barrier Reefs in Australia. Which of the following would best fit the outcome of this scenario?

a)

The biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef has increased now because the corals have died.

b)

The fish biodiversity increases because they also suffocated from the water and died

c)

The change in the water’s acidity negatively changed the entire ecosystem’s biodiversity.

d)

The change in the water’s acidity did not affect the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef.

6.

Which of the following represents the ecological levels of organization from biggest to smallest?

a)

biome, community, population, ecosystem, organism

b)

biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism

c)

ecosystem, biome, community, population, organism

d)

none of the above

7.

6. Which of the following food chains describes a food chain from primary consumers to decomposers?

a)

tree --> deer --> mountain lion --> bacteria

b)

squirrel --> fox --> bacteria

c)

bacteria --> mountain lion --> deer

d)

grass --> rabbit --> fox --> bacteria

8.

The producer in this diagram is:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

Each individual fish is an example of a(n)

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

community

10.

Which of the following accurately describes how the wolf population depends on the deer population?

a)

If the wolf population goes up, the deer population will go up

b)

If the deer population goes up, the wolf population will go up

c)

If the deer population goes down, the wolf population will go up

d)

If the deer population goes up, the wolf population goes down