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Levels of ecological organization in an ecosystem

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the interactions or organisms with one another and their environment.

a)

ecology

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

population

2.

Which of the following correctly describes a tertiary consumer?

a)

A carnivore that feeds on upon other consumers for example hawks, sparrows

b)

A carnivore that at the topmost level in the food chain or food web that feeds on other carnivores.

c)

Feeds on plants or autotrophs for example mice, grasshoppers

d)

They make all the food or energy found in the ecosystem.

3.

A grassland experiences a drought. What is most likely to occur?

a)

Populations of predators would increase because they do not rely on plants for food.

b)

Populations that make up the grassland ecosystem will move away or die.

c)

Grasses thrive in dry conditions, so their population would increase.

d)

Plants will die, but animals would not be affected.

4.

Temperature, soil, water are examples of

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

ecosystem

d)

habitat

5.

A transfer of energy from producers to consumers is called

a)

niche

b)

food chain

c)

food web

d)

ecosystem

6.

A role or job an organism has within an ecosystem

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

commensalism

d)

symbiosis

7.

Organisms living together with another organism in close association

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

symbiosis

d)

parasitism

8.

A large region with a similar climate and specific plant and animal communities based on that climate

a)

population

b)

community

c)

biosphere

d)

biome

9.

Which of the following answer choices is not listed as a water biome?

a)

estuary

b)

freshwater

c)

marine

d)

tundra

10.

Each level of organization in an ecosystem is made up of parts. In a diagram of a coral reef ecosystem, which of the following is an example of the population level of organization?

a)

seawater

b)

a clown fish

c)

a group of anemones

d)

a colony of coral and a stand of sea grass

11.

Which of the following answer choices correctly describes levels of ecological organization in correct order?

a)

population-organism-community-biome-ecosystem-biosphere

b)

organism-population-species-biosphere- biome

c)

organism-population-community-ecosystem- biome-biosphere

d)

organism-population-biome-biosphere- ecosystem

12.

The interaction of biotic and abiotic factors with a given area

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

biotic factors

13.

Which of the following is not an example of parasitism?

a)

ticks on a dog

b)

barnacles on a whale

c)

fleas on a cat

d)

heartworms in a dog

14.

A single living thing

a)

organism

b)

niche

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

15.

A place where an organism has food, water and shelter

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

habitat

d)

population

16.

Organisms both benefit from the association is called

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

community

d)

mutualism

17.

All the members of the same species in a specific arrea

a)

community

b)

biome

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

18.

Members of different species in a specific area

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

community

19.

Which of the following answer choices describes herbivores role in a food web?

a)

Hawks, snakes, wolves, bears

b)

Mice, rabbits, giraffes, and grasshoppers etc

c)

Plants, flowers, trees, grass, etc

d)

Sharks, hawks, rats, mice

20.

At this level on a food pyramid energy is at 100 percent

a)

primary consumer

b)

producer

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

secondary consumer

21.

Organisms ability to make its own food

a)

symbiosis

b)

autotrophs

c)

heterotroph

d)

consumer

22.

Animals that feed on other animals they have not killed

a)

primary consumers

b)

scavengers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

decomposer

23.

Breaking down of organic wastes and dead organisms into simpler substances

a)

scavenger

b)

producer

c)

primary consumer

d)

decomposer

24.

Which of the following answer choices is an example of biotic and abiotic factors interacting in an ecosystem?

a)

Two lions resting in the same area

b)

A deer and a giraffe drinking water from a river

c)

An alligator walking around on the beach

d)

A sea gull flying through a tropical rainforest

25.

_______ shows the feeding relationships among many different organisms in a ecosystem.

a)

habitat

b)

food chain

c)

food web

d)

ecosystem