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Ecology Theory

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the interactions between groups of organisms and their environment

a)

Ecology

b)

Botany

c)

Microbiology

d)

Biochemistry

2.

Living factors that affect organisms in an ecosystem

a)

biotic

b)

edaphic

c)

climatic

d)

abiotic

3.

Non-living parts of the environment that influence organisms

a)

aquatic

b)

biotic

c)

abiotic

d)

climatic

4.

all animals can also be referred to as

a)

pests

b)

flora

c)

predators

d)

fauna

5.

Make their own food using energy from the sun

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Fauna

d)

Prey

6.

Organisms that feed on other organisms

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

parasites

7.

Most food chains start with a

a)

parasite

b)

animal

c)

green plant

8.

Nutrients need to be recycled because

a)

they need to be used over and over

b)

they don't actually need to be recycled

c)

they are locked inside living things until they die

d)

we have an unlimited amount of all nutrients on earth

9.

in a food chain

a)

all energy passes from one organism to the next

b)

only a very small amount of energy passes from one organism to the next

c)

the chain usually includes at least ten organisms

d)

the chain usually starts with an animal

10.

a downfall of using a pyramid of numbers is

a)

it doesn't always represent the number of organisms at each level

b)

there are no downfalls

c)

it shows the size of the organisms clearly at each level

11.

feed on dead organic matter

a)

birds

b)

animals

c)

decomposers

d)

plants

12.

pick two similarities between the carbon and nitrogen cycle

a)

bacteria involved

b)

many nutrients involved in both

c)

death and decay

d)

no bacteria invloved

13.

an addition of a harmful substance to the environment is called

a)

recycling

b)

conservation

c)

reusing

d)

pollution

14.

a pollutant can travel through a full food chain

a)

true

b)

false

15.

the wise management of our environment is called

a)

monitoring

b)

conservation

c)

recycling

d)

analysing

16.

Two methods used by fisheries to carry out conservation are

a)

changing fishing net shape and size

b)

only fishing in January

c)

no large boats used

d)

sticking to fishing quotas

17.

3 methods used to reduce waste

a)

reduce

b)

reuse

c)

recycle

d)

landfill

18.

population looks at a specific

a)

species

b)

organism

c)

trait

d)

feature

19.

when two or more organisms fight for a resource that is in short supply

a)

symbiosis

b)

predation

c)

competition

d)

parasitism

20.

the act of hunting, killing and eating prey

a)

predator

b)

predation

c)

competition

d)

symbiosis

21.

when two organisms live in close association and at least one benefits

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

symbiosis

d)

parasitism