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Ecosystems

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do plants get the energy from to make food?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Sun

c)

Animals

d)

Metamorphosis

2.

Biotic Factors include (types of organisms)

a)

Rocks

b)

Cells

c)

Energy

d)

Water

3.

What is the study of Ecology?

a)

A thing that makes up their surroundings

b)

Organism that feed directly or indirectly on producers

c)

Relationships and other interactions with other organisms

d)

The study of the earth

4.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts of the environment that affect the organisms

b)

A person who observes and studies the interactions between the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment

c)

The relationship among the biotic parts of the environment

d)

The relationship between all the abiotic elements of a pond

5.

When populations share their environment and interact with populations of other species, it is called a

a)

Biome

b)

Ecoprovince

c)

Community

d)

Species

e)

Ecotone

6.

A consumer is

a)

An organism that produces its own food

b)

An organism that does not need food to survive

c)

An abiotic organism

d)

An organism that cannot produce its own food

7.

A food web is more realistic than a food chain for showing the feeding relationships in ecosystems because

a)

It compares the number of consumers to the number of micro-organisms in an ecosystem.

b)

Food chains use only a small sampling of organisms.

c)

A food web explains why there are more producers than consumers.

d)

Producers are usually eaten by many different consumers and most consumers are eaten by more than one predator.

8.

Choose the phrase that correctly finishes this statement: "A species is..."

a)

A specific part of the abiotic environment

b)

A way of describing all the living part of an ecosystem

c)

A group of organisms that can successfully mate with each other and reproduce

d)

Part of the natural decomposing materials in soil

9.

What are the 3 main energy roles in the environment?

a)

Producers, consumers, and decomposers

b)

Herbivores, carnivore, and omnivore

c)

Consumer, producer, scavenger

d)

None of the above

10.

The space where an organism lives and the role an organism plays within its ecosystem is referred to as a

a)

Sampling

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Niche

e)

Biosphere