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WorksheetsEnvironmental Semester ONE Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
a biotic factor.
b)
an abiotic factor.
2.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
3.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
4.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
5.
The role or function or job of a species in a community.
a)
habitat
b)
diet
c)
niche
d)
ecosystem
6.
Living factors or organisms that affect an ecosystem...
a)
abiotic factors
b)
species
c)
trophic level
d)
biotic factors
7.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water, and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees
8.
What are the abiotic factors in this image?
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
water, plants, and birds
9.
Which of the following is a population?
a)
hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
b)
mountain stream
c)
all the frogs in a pond
d)
blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn
10.
Which of the following best describes a community?
a)
sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
b)
decorator crabs on the seafloor
c)
loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
d)
prairie grassland in Wyoming
11.
Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.
a)
butterfly
b)
snake
c)
fox
d)
ladybird
12.
Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.
a)
greenfly
b)
plant
c)
mouse
d)
buzzard
13.
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
a)
grasshopper and mouse
b)
mouse and rabbit
c)
rabbit and butterfly
d)
butterfly and frog
14.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
15.
How many predators does the squid have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
16.
Which consumer receives energy from the leopard seal?
a)
blue whale
b)
penguin
c)
killer whale
d)
elephant seal
17.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d)
an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
18.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
19.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
d)
population
20.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
21.
What is the main factor that separates the biomes?
a)
Land
b)
Water
c)
Climate
d)
Longitude
22.
Which biome is the driest?
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Taiga
d)
Rainforest
23.
Which Biome has permafrost?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Taiga
d)
Tundra
24.
Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
25.
Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?
a)
Taiga
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
26.
Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?
a)
Taiga
b)
Grasslands
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Rainforest
27.
Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
28.
Which biome has 4 seasons?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tundra
c)
Grasslands
d)
Temperate Forest
29.
Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Tundra
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
30.
Which biome produces over 50% of the world's oxygen?
a)
Rainforest
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
31.
Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?
a)
a river
b)
a lake
c)
an estuary
d)
a stream
32.
A wetland that contains a mixture of fresh water and salt water is called
a)
an estuary
b)
a stream
c)
a river
d)
a pond
33.
Circulating water in lakes and ponds is important for distributing
a)
heat
b)
oxygen
c)
nutrients
d)
all of these
34.
An ecosystem where water covers the soil or water is near the surface of the soil is called
a)
a desert
b)
an ocean
c)
an estuary
d)
a wetland
35.
Estuaries form where
a)
a lake evaporates
b)
a river meets the sea
c)
a river becomes dammed
d)
a wetland becomes filled in
36.
Which would have kelp forests and coral reefs?
a)
intertidal zone
b)
coastal ocean
c)
open ocean
37.
Which would have whales and chemosynthetic bacteria?
a)
coastal ocean
b)
intertidal ocean
c)
open ocean
38.
Which zone supports the least amount of life?
a)
photic
b)
aphotic
c)
neritic
d)
ocean
39.
Salinity refers to
a)
how many plants are in the water
b)
how many organisms live in the water
c)
how much salt in is water
40.
The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water is
a)
Benthos
b)
Benthic Zone
c)
Limnetic Zone
d)
Nekton
41.
What does this picture represent?
a)
species diversity
b)
ecosystem diversity
c)
genetic diversity
d)
biodiversity
42.
Which of the following is NOT part of overall biodiversity?
a)
species diversity
b)
genetic diversity
c)
individual diversity
d)
ecosystem diversity
43.
Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is
a)
invasive species
b)
poaching and overharvesting
c)
pollution
d)
habitat change and loss
44.
The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called...
a)
poaching
b)
harvesting
c)
fragementation
d)
extinction
45.
True or False: Climate change can have global, not just local, impacts on biodiversity.
a)
true
b)
false
46.
What is THE most major cause of extinction today?
a)
habitat destruction by humans
b)
poaching
c)
disease
d)
hunting
47.
Biodiversity refers to
a)
extinct species
b)
the variety of species on Earth
c)
nonrenewable resources
d)
the rate of species decline
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