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WorksheetsInteractions of Life - Study Guide
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The part of the earth that supports life is called the
Biosphere
Biome
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Three things that make up the biosphere
Land
Air
Water
Plants
Animals
The study of interactions among organisms & their environment is called
Ecology
Biology
Geology
Chemistry
A scientist who studies organisms and their environments is called a
Scientologist
Ecologist
Biologist
Geologist
Any living thing made of 1 or more cells is called a(n)
Consumer
Microorganism
Organism
Producer
This term means all the organisms of one species that live in an area.
Population
Community
Biome
Ecosystem
All the people living in one area make up that area’s
Group
Community
Family
Population
This term means all the populations that live in an area.
Community
Population
Ecosystem
Biome
A ecosystem is all the communities interacting with what part of the environment?
Living
Dead
Abiotic
Biotic
The place in which an organism lives (or it's address) is called what?
Habitat
Shelter
Biosphere
Environment
Habitats must provide (select all correct answers)
Shelter
Food
Water
Safety
Air
Identify the following relationships:
Puppy with Heart-worms.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
Mistletoe and Host Tree. Mistletoe sends its rootlike structures into tree branches, where they absorb water and minerals.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
A clown fish is protected by an anemone’s tentacles.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
A zebra and an egret. As the zebra feeds, it stirs up bugs for the egret to eat.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
Protozoa live in intestines of termites, termites eat wood & protozoa digest wood. Neither can survive without other.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
Nile Alligator and Plover Bird. The alligator gets it's teeth cleaned and the bird gets scraps of food.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
A cheetah hunting down and eating an impala.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
Identify the following relationships:
A pack of wolves killing and eating a moose.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predator/Prey
This term means when more than one organism seek the same resource at the same time.
Predator
Prey
Competition
Mutualism
Competition is usually most intense between members of the same what?
Species
Community
Biosphere
Ecosystem
What can help to identify populations in danger of disappearing.
Population Protection
Population Counts
Population Density
Population Control
The size of a population that occupies a specific area is called the what?
Population Protection
Population Counts
Population Density
Population Control
Which of the following are often limited in an ecosystem? (Select all correct answers.)
Food
Water
Living Space
Mates
Nesting Sites or Shelter
What is anything that prevents the number of individuals in a population.
Carrying Capacity
Limiting Factors
Carrying Factors
Limiting Capacity
What is the largest number of one species that an ecosystem can support.
Carrying Capacity
Limiting Factors
Carrying Factors
Limiting Capacity
If a population exceeds its carrying capacity, some may not have enough what? (Select all correct answers)
Shelter
Food
Water
Living Space
Air
The maximum reproductive capacity for a population is its what?
Biotic Potential
Carrying Capacity
Limiting Factor
Biotic Population
This term means when a population grows quickly
Exponential Growth
Exponential Potential
Biotic Growth
Biotic Potential
Which of the following eats plants?
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers
Which of the following eats animals?
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers
Which of the following eats animals and plants?
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers
Which of the following eats dead animals and plants?
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers
What is a method that organisms use for survival?
Instinct
Niche
Habitat
Invisibility
What is a model of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem?
Food Chain
Ecological Ladder
Energy Pyramid
Predator/Prey Interactive Notebook
What is it when producers use minerals (instead of sunlight) to make food?
Photosynthesis
Negative Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Negative Chemosynthesis
The presence of _______ limits the number of _______ that can live in an ecosystem
Predators, Prey
Prey, Predators
Abiotic Features, Biotic Features
Biotic Features, Abiotic Features
Consumers can’t make their own what?
Food
Babies
Shelter
Excretion
What are organisms that use outside energy source, (Sun) to make energy-rich molecules?
Producers
Consumers
Predators
Prey
This term refers to any close relationship between species.
Symbiosis
Love
Parasitism
Mutual
