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WorksheetsBSC Year 9 - Practice Quiz - Ecology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which phrase best describes the focus of ecology?
a)
individual organisms
b)
individual cells
c)
interactions among cells
d)
interactions among organisms and their environment
2.
A group of emperor penguins living together on a particular beach is an example of...
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
c)
species
d)
population
3.
An organism that makes its own food is called a
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
heterotroph
d)
chloroplast
4.
A moose is considered to be a consumer because it
a)
gets energy by eating other organisms
b)
makes its own food
c)
forms carbohydrates using chemicals
d)
uses sunlight for energy
5.
Giant pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively. For this reason giant pandas are an example of...
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
producer
d)
herbivore
6.
What are the products produced by plants in the process of photosynthesis?
a)
sugar and oxygen
b)
sugar and water
c)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
d)
sunlight
7.
A food chain contains oak trees (producers), mice (herbivores), black rat snakes (carnivores), and bald eagles (carnivore). How many trophic levels are described?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
8.
A relationship between a producer and an consumer is best illustrated by
a)
a snake eating a mouse
b)
bird eating an insect
c)
zebra eating grass
d)
tapeworm in a dog
9.
What is the original source of energy in an ecosystem?
a)
consumers
b)
heterotrophs
c)
autotrophs
d)
sun
10.
What is competition?
a)
the living parts of an environment
b)
two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource
c)
a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same place
d)
a nonliving part of an environment
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