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Ecology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name an abiotic factor in the environment

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Human Beings

d)

Rock

2.
Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring
a)
Species
b)
Fish
c)
Community
d)
Trees
3.
The area between the highest mountain and the deepest ocean where life can be found
a)
Biosphere
b)
Biome
c)
Farm
d)
Ecosystem
4.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
5.

What Biome is covered in permafrost (frozen subsoils)?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Desert

c)

Tundra

d)

Tropical Savanna

6.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
7.

What would happen if a drought occurs and kills off most of the grass?

a)

populations of all levels of consumers would decrease

b)

primary consumers would have to adapt to eating each other

c)

primary consumer would die then 2nd consumers would eat them

d)

only population of the 2nd & higher consumers would decline

8.
Which of the following memebers of the food chain is a teritary carnivore?
a)
tree
b)
insect
c)
bird
d)
fox
9.

Animals such as pandas are long lived, mature slowly, and generally produce fewer offspring during their life spans but place a greater investment in each. What term is applied to this type of reproductive strategy?

a)

K-strategy

b)

r-strategy

10.

A Sea Lamprey will attach to a fish, like a Brown Trout, and will slowly suck all the liquid out of the Brown Trout. What type of relationship is being described?

a)

Symbiotic

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualistism

d)

Commensalism