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Ecosystem (Symbiosis and Levels or Organization)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

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.

2.

Temperature, soil, water are examples of

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

ecosystem

d)

habitat

3.

Organisms living together with another organism in close association

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

symbiosis

d)

parasitism

4.

The interaction of biotic and abiotic factors with a given area

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

biotic factors

5.

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

6.

All the members of the same species in a specific arrea

a)

community

b)

biome

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

7.

Members of different species in a specific area

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

community

8.

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

9.

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

a)

primary consumer

b)

producer

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

secondary consumer

10.

Organisms ability to make its own food

a)

symbiosis

b)

autotrophs

c)

heterotroph

d)

consumer

11.

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

e)

Biosphere

12.

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

e)

Biosphere

13.

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

e)

Biosphere

14.

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

e)

Biosphere

15.

Organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

Example: all humans are the same species with the scientific name Homo sapiens

a)

Symbiosis

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Species

16.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
17.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
18.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
19.
What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
20.

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism