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Ecology Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An individual belonging to a specific species and the smallest unit of an ecosystem.

a)

Biotic

b)

Community

c)

Organism

d)

Reptile

2.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
3.
An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement
a)
niche
b)
biosphere
c)
biome
d)
habitat
4.

The living parts of an ecosystem

a)

Biotic factors

b)

Abiotic factors

c)

Mother Earth

d)

Flowers

5.

The non-living parts of an ecosystem

a)

Ocean

b)

Biotic factors

c)

Birds

d)

Abiotic factors

6.

Organisms that look similar and have the same number of chromosomes and types of genes and can produce fertile offspring

a)

Species

b)

Fish

c)

Community

d)

Trees

7.

A ________ is made up of all the individuals of ONE species living in an area.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Organisms

d)

Biosphere

8.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
9.

All the areas of earth that can support life.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biome

c)

Farm

d)

Ecosystem

10.

What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B? (hint: soil is already present)

a)

primary succession

b)

ecological succession

c)

secondary succession

d)

intermediate species

11.

What is the role of the pioneer species in Primary Succession?

a)

To kill any remaining organisms from before the disturbance

b)

To break down rock and rebuild soil

c)

To provide food for large animals

d)

To put fresh oxygen into the air

12.

The picture shows what type of succession? (hint: soil is NOT present at the beginning, just rock)

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quadanary

13.
What is the name given to lichen or algae after a primary succession?
a)
pioneer species
b)
volunteer species
c)
founder species
d)
conqueror species
14.

What are examples of pioneer species in primary succession?

a)

Bushes and Shrubs

b)

Oak trees

c)

Mossess and Lichens

d)

A rose Bush

15.

After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?

a)

Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees

b)

Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses

c)

Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees

d)

Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

16.

The forest in panel #8 is a...

a)

pioneer species

b)

climax community

c)

tertiary community

d)

intermediate species

17.

Succession type?

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

tertiary succession

d)

variable succession

18.

Succession type?

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

tertiary succession

d)

variable succession

19.

What type of species/community is a redwood forest?

a)

Climax Community

b)

Pioneer Species

c)

Intermediate Species

d)

Tertiary Community

20.
What is the main factor that separates the biomes?
a)
Land
b)
Water
c)
Climate
d)
Longitude
21.
Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
22.
Which Biome has permafrost?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Taiga
d)
Tundra
23.
Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?
a)
Taiga
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
24.
Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?
a)
Taiga
b)
Grasslands
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Rainforest
25.
Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
26.
Which biome has 4 seasons?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tundra
c)
Grasslands
d)
Temperate Forest
27.
Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Tundra
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
28.
Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?
a)
Desert
b)
Grasslands
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Taiga
29.
Which biome produces over 50% of the world's oxygen?
a)
Rainforest
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
30.
A plover bird eats parasites off a crocodile’s skin.  The crocodile provides the plover protection from predators. 
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Not Symbiosis
31.

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Not Symbiosis

32.

Barnacles create a home by attaching themselves to the skin of a whale. The barnacle is a filter feeder and obtains food as it rides on the whale. The whale is not affected.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Not Symbiosis

33.

Fleas obtain nutrients by feeding on the blood of a dog.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Not Symbiosis

34.
All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with
a)
a scavenger
b)
the sun
c)
a decomposer
d)
a herbivore
35.
Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.
a)
butterfly
b)
snake
c)
fox
d)
ladybird
36.
Which organism is the top predator in this food web?
a)
leopard seal
b)
killer whale
c)
elephant seal
d)
crabeater seal
37.
How many predators does the squid have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
38.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
39.
Which consumer receives energy from the leopard seal?
a)
blue whale
b)
penguin
c)
killer whale
d)
elephant seal
40.
What type of consumer is the impala?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
41.
Grass is considered a ...
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
composers

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