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WorksheetsEcology
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Examples of a producer
a)
frog
b)
algae
c)
worm
d)
mouse
2.
Example of a decomposer
a)
fungus
b)
mouse
c)
plants
d)
frogs
3.
A tree is a ....
a)
composer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
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.
A producer is a (n) ______________.
a)
heterotroph
b)
omnitroph
c)
autotroph
d)
oscartroph
11.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
12.
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.
13.
relationship in which two species live closely together
a)
resource
b)
mutualism
c)
succession
d)
symbiosis
14.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
15.
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
16.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
17.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
18.
As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
increases exponentially
19.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
20.
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
21.
What are the Abiotic factors in this image?
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
birds, water, dirt
d)
plants, water
22.
which symbiosis is this
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism
23.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
24.
a relationship between two in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the prey
a)
chemosynthesis
b)
predation
c)
cellular respiration
d)
commensalism
25.
symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected
a)
invasive (non-native) species
b)
mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
commensalism
26.
Study of interactions between organisms and their environment
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystem
27.
Barnacles are animals that cannot move. In order to get food, they attach to whales and catch any floating plankton in the water. The whale is neither helped nor harmed in the interaction. What type of symbiosis is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Neutralism
28.
In the wild, some alligators gets their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds gets their food from the alligators' teeth.
What type of symbiosis is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Neutralism
29.
What is this picture describing?
a)
It is describing natural selection.
b)
It is describing direct competition between flamingos and ducks.
c)
It is describing abiotic factors of the tundra.
d)
It is describing the niche of each bird.
30.
What Biome is covered in permafrost (frozen subsoils)?
a)
Tropical Rain Forest
b)
Desert
c)
Tundra
d)
Tropical Savanna
31.
What Biome is also known as the grasslands?
a)
Tropical Rain Forest
b)
Desert
c)
Tundra
d)
Tropical Savanna
32.
Which of these is true about this food web?
a)
The Owl gets its energy from the producer.
b)
The Lion gets its energy only from a wild cat.
c)
The Kite gets its energy from the goat.
d)
The Mouse is most likely to die, several ways.
33.
A secondary consumer
a)
eats primary consumers
b)
eats producers
c)
eats plants
34.
Which of the following illustrates the correct ordering of trophic levels?
a)
decomposers-carnivores-autotrophs-herbivores
b)
herbivores-autotrophs-carnivores-decomposers
c)
producers-herbivores-carnivores-decomposers
d)
carnivores-producers-omnivores
35.
Another name for a consumer is a
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
c)
producer
d)
plant
36.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
37.
All the living things in an environment
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Traits
c)
Animals
d)
Natural Selection
38.
Are passed down to future generations more often
a)
Favorable Adaptations
b)
Evolution
c)
Mutations
d)
Abilities
39.
The taiga biome that covers most of Alaska is pictured above. Which of the following only lists biotic factors that can be found in this ecosystem?
a)
freezing temperatures, low precipitation, bogs, and acidic soil
b)
owls, poor soils, moss, and caribou
c)
moss, aspen trees, weasels, and raccoons
d)
birch trees, short summers, lichen ground cover, and bears
40.
What is the ultimate source of energy for all ecosystems?
a)
the Sun
b)
plants
c)
secondary consumers
d)
primary consumers
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