WorksheetsEcosystems Terminology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A biotic factor in an environment is
living things
non-living things
dead things
rocks, trees, weeds,
Abiotic factors in an environment are
Living things
Non-living things
Things that were once living and are now dead
Trees, rocks, weeds, water
Producers in an environment are
organisms that cannot make their own food and therefore e
organisms that can make their own food
Organisms that only eat plants
Organisms that only eat meat
Consumer
Organisms that make their own food
Organisms that only eat plants
Organisms that cannot make their own food and eat other organisms
Organisms that turn sunlight into food
1st order consumer
The first organism in a food web or chain
An organism that eats other animals
The apex predator in a food chain
An organism that eats a producer
Trophic level
The top level in a food chain or web
Each step in a food chain or food web
The bottom level in a food chain or food web
All the steps in a food chain or food web
An Ecosystem is:
Where an organism lives
How an organism survives
a community of living and non-living things that depend on one another for survival
All the biotic factors in an area
A keystone species is:
An organism that has a large impact on the environment it lives in and helps to keep it stable
Always a predator
Always a herbivore
An organism that has no impact on an environment and can be removed without consequence
The correct order of the taxanomic groups is:
Genus, Phylum, Species, Order, Family Kingdom,
Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Species, Genus
Kingdom, order, Class, Genus, Phylum, Family Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Photosynthesis
the process in which plants turn light energy from the sun into chemical energy such as glucose
The process by which animals convert food they eat into energy
How light is made
Which of the following is an example of an introduced species
Rabbit
Bandicoot
Bilby
Wombat
An introduced species is
An organism that is native to a place or area
An organism that is not native to the place or area
An organism that usually has no impact on an ecosystem
An organism that is moved from one location to another within the same country
What is this an image of?
General Classification Key
Linnean Classification System
Dichotomous Key
Taxonomic Groups
What are dichotomous keys used for?
Correctly identify a species based on its physical features
Correctly identify a species based on its DNA and genes
Predict which species will live in a certain area
Identify which species are most closely related
Predict what would happen if foxes became extinct
Number of rabbits would decrease rapidly
Number of rabbits would increase and carrots and grasses would decrease
Number of mice would increase rapidly
Owls would become extinct as they lose a key food source
Which is the correct order from smallest to largest of levels in an ecostem?
Biosphere>Population>Community>Ecosystem>Biome>Individual
Individual>Population>Ecosystem>Community>Biome>Biosphere
Individual>Population>Community>Ecosystem>Biome>Biosphere
Individual>Community>Ecosystem>Population>Biosphere>Biome
Interspecific competition is where
organisms of the same species compete over the same resources such as food, water, mates in an ecosystem
organisms of different species compete over the same resources such as food, water in an ecosystem
What does the image show?
Biome
Biosphere
Community
Individual
Identify a producer in the food chains above
Lion
Fox
Rabbit
Grass
Identify a primary consumer in the food chains above
Lion
Grass hopper
Frog
Owl
How is an ecosystem and biome different?
Ecosystems include living and non-living factors but biomes don't
Biome is a specific geographical area with many species living there, can be made up of different ecosystems
Ecosystem is a geographical area that contains many biomes
Ecosystem contains many different species, where biomes are only one species
What is the image showing?
Biome
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Community
What is this image showing?
Individual
Community
Ecosystem
Population
Why does the image show a community not an ecosystem?
Becuase it includes only the abiotic factors
Becuase it includes only the biotic factors
Becuase it has many different species interacting together with their environment
Becuase of the jelly fish
Which of the following things are abiotic factors?
Grass
Rocks
Fungi
Temperature
