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Ecosystems Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

The term "organism" is what is used to refer to:

a)

A place where living & non-living things interact with each other

b)

The process where certain organisms use water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide to produce their own food

c)

One of the non-living parts of an ecosystem

d)

An individual living thing

2.

A habitat is:

a)

The location in which an organism lives, and which provides the organism everything that it needs to survive

b)

The process where certain organisms use water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide to produce their own food

c)

A non-living part of an ecosystem

d)

A living part of an ecosystem

3.

A biotic factor in an ecosystem is:

a)

A living part of that ecosystem

b)

A non-living part of that ecosystem

c)

The process where certain organisms use water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide to produce their own food

d)

The location in which an organism lives, and which provides the organism everything that it needs to survive

4.

An abiotic factor in an ecosystem is:

a)

A living part of that ecosystem

b)

A non-living part of that ecosystem

c)

The process where certain organisms use water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide to produce their own food

d)

The location in which an organism lives, and which provides the organism everything that it needs to survive

5.

What are resources in an ecosystem?

a)

A living part of that ecosystem

b)

The things that an organism gets from its environment which it needs in order to survive, grow, & reproduce

c)

The process where certain organisms use water, sunlight, & carbon dioxide to produce their own food

d)

The location in which an organism lives, and which provides the organism everything that it needs to survive

6.

Which of the following is an example of a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

a)

Food

b)

Climate

c)

Shelter

d)

All of these are limiting factors

7.

What is a population?

a)

A study of how living things interact with their environment, and with each other

b)

All the various populations within a given area

c)

All the members of a single species that are in a given area

d)

A group of organisms that are similar to each other, and which can give birth to offspring that can then have offspring of their own

8.

What is a community?

a)

A study of how living things interact with their environment, and with each other

b)

All the various populations within a given area

c)

All the members of a single species that are in a given area

d)

A group of organisms that are similar to each other, and which can give birth to offspring that can then have offspring of their own

9.

A producer is:

a)

An organism that is able to make its own food (for example, through the process of photosynthesis in plants)

b)

An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms

c)

All the members of a species found in a given area

d)

A group of organisms that are similar to each other and can give birth to offspring that can then have offspring of their own

10.

A consumer is:

a)

An organism that is able to make its own food (for example, through the process of photosynthesis in plants)

b)

An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms

c)

All the members of a species found in a given area

d)

A group of organisms that are similar to each other and can give birth to offspring that can then have offspring of their own

11.

Predation is a species interaction in which:

a)

One animal hunts, kills, and consumes another animal

b)

An animal eats a plant that produced its own food through photosynthesis

c)

An animal performs its own photosynthesis

d)

Mr. Gill's cat Piper gets both her front paws stuck inside one of Mr. Gill's slippers & hops around on her hind legs trying to get them back out (Not a joke - This happens more often than you'd think)

12.

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic species interaction in which:

a)

Both species benefit

b)

One species benefits, and the other one is unaffected

c)

One species benefits, and the other one is harmed

d)

Both species are harmed

13.

Parasitism is a type of symbiotic species interaction in which:

a)

Both species benefit

b)

One species benefits, and the other one is unaffected

c)

One species benefits, and the other one is harmed

d)

Both species are harmed

14.

Commensalism is a type of symbiotic species interaction in which:

a)

Both species benefit

b)

One species benefits, and the other one is unaffected

c)

One species benefits, and the other one is harmed

d)

Both species are harmed