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Ecosystems Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Examples of Abiotic Factors are...

Water, oxygen. bacteria, sunlight

Water, soil, fungi , sunlight

Water, nitrogen, plants, sunlight

Water, carbon, soil, sunlight

Which organism makes their own food through the process of photosynthesis?

decomposer

consumer

herbivore

producer

How do consumers get their energy?

laying in the sun

eating other organisms

providing food for other organisms

surviving in an ecosystem

What is a herbivore?

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

an animal that eats only herbs

A living thing that lives on wastes and the remains of dead plants and animals is a _______.

producer

omnivore

consumer

decomposer

What is an ECOSYSTEM?

The highest number of things that can stay alive in an area.

All living things in an ecosystem.

An area, on land or in water, that contains living and non-living organisms which function together.

All non-living things in an ecosystem.

Something that limits the number of living things that can be in one ecosystem.

Identify the two BIOTIC factors from the list.

Bacteria

Rocks

Sunlight

Worms

What is there the least of in an ecosystem?

Tertiary consumers

Primary consumers

Secondary consumers

Producers

What's this?

A Food Web

A Food Chain

10.

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

Producers

Carnivores

Herbivores

Top Predator

11.

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

cricket

grasshopper

frog

snake

12.

A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

threatened species

populations

community

limiting factor

13.

All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n)

community.

ecosystem.

organism.

species.

14.

All of the following statements concerning characteristics of predator-prey relationship are correct EXCEPT:

Camouflage is an adaptation that protects prey.

A rise in the population of predators is followed by a decreased in the population of prey.

A rise in the population of prey is often followed by a rise in the population of predators.

The population of predators most often eliminates the population of prey

15.

What is a keystone species?

A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

A species that lives in or around rocks

Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

16.

If there are 100 Kcal of energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the primary consumers?

10 Kcal

1 Kcal

100 Kcal

1000 Kcal

17.

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

10%

50%

90%

100%

18.

What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Produce food

recycle matter

provide oxygen

supply water

19.

Which is the correct sequence to show how organisms live in an environment?

decomposer-->consumer-->producer

consumer-->decomposer-->producer

producer-->decomposer-->consumer

producer-->consumer-->decomposer

20.

The process where plants convert radiant energy into chemical energy is---

phototropism

photosynthesis

photography

geotropism

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Ecosystems Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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