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Bio Careers: Wildlife Biologists

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Anything that can decrease the size of a population including living (biotic) and non living (abiotic) features of an ecosystem such as predators and drought.
a)
limiting factor
b)
habitat
c)
ecosystem
d)
carrying capacity
2.
all populations of all species living in an ecosystem.
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
species
3.
grass->rabbit  -> fox
a)
food chain
b)
food web
c)
energy pyramid
4.
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. 
5.

If the population of corn were to be wiped out by disease, what possible effect might this event have on the food web?

a)

The grasshopper population would decline.

b)

The would have less prey options.

c)

The rat population would decline.

d)

All of the above.

6.

Farming helps to feed the world's growing population, but farm land reduces biodiversity in an area. This is an example of

a)

conservation

b)

trade-off

c)

carrying capacity

d)

biosphere

7.

What is Conservation?

a)

Protection of environment from climate change

b)

Protection of organisms and environment from harmful affect of humans

c)

Destruction of environments from climate change

d)

Destruction of organisms and environment from harmful affect of humans

8.

Habitats can be preserved by...

a)

Reducing recycling

b)

Building more roads

c)

Reducing pollution, developing conservation parks

d)

Introducing invasive species

9.
What does this graph represent?
a)
a predator-prey relationship
b)
limiting factors in a population of rabbits
c)
exponential growth of insects
d)
carrying capacity of deer population
10.
If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the _________.  
a)
hawk population
b)
rabbit population
c)
wildflower population
d)
grass population
11.

The species that plays a critical role in maintaining the ecosystem structure is?

a)

Flagship species

b)

Umbrella species

c)

Keystone Species

d)

Leading species

12.
Which of the following leads to a decrease in biodiversity?
a)
protection of ecosystems
b)
pollution control
c)
selective cutting
d)
introduction of exotic or invasive species
13.
Use Figure 3-2. Which ecosystem is the most productive?
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
coral reefs
d)
swamps and marshes
14.

Each step in a food chain or food web is called a:

a)

energy path

b)

consumer level

c)

trophic level

d)

food pyramid

15.

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

a)

community

b)

biology

c)

ecology

d)

ecosystem