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Introduction to Ecology.

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An individual belonging to a specific species
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 part of an ecosystem
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
Mother Earth
d)
Flowers
5.
The non-living part of an ecosystem
a)
Ocean
b)
Lava Flow
c)
Birds
d)
Abiotic
6.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
7.
Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area
a)
Community
b)
Population
c)
Organisms
d)
Biosphere
8.
The area between the highest mountain and the deepest ocean where life can be found
a)
Biosphere
b)
Biome
c)
Farm
d)
Ecosystem
9.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
10.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
11.
What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumer
d)
decomposers
12.
In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Secondary Consumer
13.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
14.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
15.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
16.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
17.
True or False:  It is possible for a carnivore to be a producer.
a)
False
b)
True
18.
A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
All of these
19.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
20.
Most of our limited fresh water supply is stored in ____
a)
The Great Lakes
b)
Aquifers
c)
The Atmosphere
d)
Glacial Ice
21.
Fungi are a  ________
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotroopers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Primary Consumers
22.
Which is not a biome found in North America?
a)
Mojave Desert
b)
Grasslands of the Great Plains
c)
Everglades / Coastal Plain
d)
Tropical Rain Forest 
23.
An underground reservoir of water is known as ______
a)
An Estuary 
b)
An Aquifer
c)
Sublimation 
d)
Permafrost
24.
What does the graph represent?
a)
Emigration
b)
Exponential growth
c)
Immigration
d)
Logistic Growth
25.
The process in which plants use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.
a)
respiration 
b)
decomposition
c)
photosynthesis
d)
combustion
26.

What is energy?

a)

The ability to do work.

b)

A push or a pull.

c)

I'm not too sure, let me check my notes.

d)

Could you repeat the question, please?

27.

Photosynthesis is essential to the carbon cycle because it removes_________ from the atmosphere and releases _________ back into the atmosphere

a)

carbon dioxide, oxygen

b)

oxygen, carbon dioxide

c)

glucose, oxygen

d)

oxygen, glucose

28.

Which human activity will lead to more carbon in the atmosphere?

a)

riding a bike

b)

using solar power

c)

planting trees

d)

driving a car

29.

Matter recycles through the food chain. Which word goes in the blank to make this true?

Producers - primary consumers - secondary consumers - _______ - producers

a)

tertiary consumers

b)

apex predators

c)

decomposers

d)

sunlight

30.
The sum of all the Earth's ecosystems is called
a)
Community
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Biosphere
d)
Biome
31.
What is the name for a group of individuals of one species.
a)
Community
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Population
d)
Biome
32.
Terrestrial means
a)
Can fly
b)
Relating to water
c)
Relating to space
d)
relating to land
33.
The term abiotic means;-
a)
Not a robot or robotic
b)
Living Things
c)
Water based environments
d)
Non-living things
34.
The term biotic means;-
a)
Not a robot or robotic
b)
Living Things
c)
Water based environments
d)
Non-living things
35.

Why might a temperate forest support more animal life than a desert?

a)

Deserts support a greater abundance of animal life because more food is available than you would expect to find in a temperate forest.

b)

Can I review my notes?

c)

Most animals don't like eating sand for dessert in a desert.

d)

A temperate forest supports more vegetation essential to animal life than you would expect to find in a desert.

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