WorksheetsEcology Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a carnivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
b)
An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
d)
an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis
2.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
3.
Examples of a producer
a)
frog
b)
algae
c)
worm
d)
mouse
4.
A tree is a ....
a)
composer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
5.
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
6.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
d)
an animal that eats only herbs
7.
An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
autotroph
8.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
9.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
10.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
11.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
12.
A producer is a (n) ______________.
a)
heterotroph
b)
omnitroph
c)
autotroph
d)
oscartroph
13.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
14.
Another name for a consumer is a
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
c)
producer
d)
plant
15.
An individual belonging to a specific species
a)
Biotic
b)
Community
c)
Organism
d)
Reptile
16.
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
17.
An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement
a)
niche
b)
biosphere
c)
biome
d)
habitat
18.
The living part of an ecosystem
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
Mother Earth
d)
Flowers
19.
The non-living part of an ecosystem
a)
Ocean
b)
Lava Flow
c)
Birds
d)
Abiotic
20.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
21.
Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring
a)
Species
b)
Fish
c)
Community
d)
Trees
22.
Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring
a)
Species
b)
Fish
c)
Community
d)
Trees
23.
Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area
a)
Community
b)
Population
c)
Organisms
d)
Biosphere
24.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
25.
What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?
a)
the bird population would grow
b)
the bird population would die out
c)
the smaller fish will die out
26.
What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?
a)
producer
b)
tertiary consumer
c)
Secondary consumer
d)
primary consumer
27.
What would happen if their were no producers?
a)
Every population would grow larger
b)
Everything would die out
c)
The animals would make their own food
28.
Is a scavenger a primary consumer?
a)
Yes
b)
No
29.
an animal that eats both plants and animals
a)
carnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
consumer
30.
In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
d)
Changes up and down
31.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
32.
A third-level consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
33.
A secondary consumer
a)
eats primary consumers
b)
eats producers
c)
eats plants
34.
What cycle is shown in the diagram?
a)
The Life Cycle
b)
The Nitrogen Cycle
c)
The Carbon Cycle
d)
The Water Cycle
35.
Why do plants and animals need nitrogen?
a)
To produce proteins
b)
To store energy
c)
To digest food
d)
To conduct photosynthesis
36.
How do decomposers help the carbon cycle?
a)
Carbon is leaked into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.
b)
Dead, organic matter is broken down and release carbon dioxide into the air
c)
Volcanoes and fires release large amounts of carbon dioxide.
d)
Decaying organisms are needed for carbon to be released
37.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
38.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
decomposition and respiration
39.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
40.
How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants
a)
through action of bacteria
b)
through lightning
c)
through action of bacteria & lightning
d)
through photosynthesis
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