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Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

Choose the list of abiotic things:

a)

rainfall, soil, worms, birds

b)

birds, trees, nest, air

c)

soil, sunlight, rocks, air

2.

Which situation portrays an abiotic factor interacting with a biotic factor?

a)

no rainfall in two months drys up land

b)

sunshine warms the pond water

c)

a fish swims in cool water

3.

Sunlight is a biotic thing.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which shows two biotic things in an ecosystem?

a)

a lion eating a coyote

b)

a giraffe drinking water

c)

a lizard getting warm in the sun

5.

Which is the lowest level of organization of the biosphere?

a)

population

b)

organism

c)

community

6.

The levels of organization from the least to the most complex are

a)

biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

b)

ecosystem, community, organism, population, biosphere

c)

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

7.

Which is an abiotic factor in a forest?

a)

redwood tree

b)

cool stream of water

c)

wild mushroom

8.

Which is a biotic factor in an ocean?

a)

salt water

b)

sand

c)

blue whale

9.

Which organizational level of the ecosystem does a herd of elephants represent?

a)

population

b)

organism

c)

community

10.

Which biotic factor helps fresh water plants to survive?

a)

plant-eating turtles

b)

more rainfall to the pond

c)

the reduction of plant-eating fish

11.

Parrots depend on which biotic factor for survival?

a)

a predator in the rain forest

b)

rain water to drink

c)

trees for shelter and food

12.

An example of a community is

a)

rabbits, predators, and food

b)

animals and water

c)

a group of rabbits

13.

Choose a biotic disadvantage for a fish living in the shallow ocean water.

a)

an increase in predators

b)

a hurricane

c)

a toxic chemical spill

14.

The biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area -

a)

organism

b)

ecosystem

c)

population

15.

All organisms of the same type in a certain area -

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

16.

All different types of organisms living in a certain area -

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

17.

The place where an organism naturally lives and grows -

a)

population

b)

community

c)

habitat

18.

The most specific level of organization within an ecosystem is a species.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Another way to describe an organism -

a)

living thing

b)

abiotic factor

20.

Biotic means

a)

living

b)

non-living