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9.1 Interdependence

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the area where a polar bear lives called?

a)

the igloo

b)

the desert environment

c)

the Arctic habitat

d)

the winter habitat

2.

Examples of physical environmental factors that make up an environment include:

a)

temperature, light, moisture

b)

producers, consumers

c)

herbivores, carnivores, omnivores

d)

Arctic, woodland, pond.

3.

An ecosystem is:

a)

plumbing and wiring in a house that uses less water and energy than older systems

b)

all the different physical environmental factors that affect a habitat

c)

all the different types of organisms in a habitat

d)

all the organisms in a habitat together with the physical environmental factors.

4.

What does a rabbit do when winter comes?

a)

it hibernates

b)

it grows thicker fur

c)

it migrates

d)

it dies

5.

At a certain lake, the community is smaller in winter because:

a)

some of each species of animal have died

b)

some species of birds have migrated

c)

more animals have arrived for the winter so that they can keep warm together

d)

there is more ice on the lake and so less room for the organisms.

6.

A herbivore:

a)

only eats animals

b)

eats plants and animals

c)

never eats

d)

only eats plants.

7.

Look at this food web. What do lizards eat?

a)

mice

b)

grasshoppers

c)

hawks

d)

grass

8.

What resources do plants need?

a)

oxygen, food

b)

fertiliser, a garden, water

c)

light, space, water, mineral salts

d)

weedkiller

9.

Look at the food web. What might happen if all the rabbits died?

a)

There would be more hawks because there are less rabbits in competition with them.

b)

There would be fewer lizards because the hawks would eat more of them.

c)

There would be less grass because it would be eaten by the grasshoppers.

d)

There would be more snakes because they would not be in competition with the rabbits.

10.

What is a pesticide?

a)

a type of fertiliser used by farmers

b)

a type of food for small animals

c)

an animal that eats crops

d)

a chemical that kills organisms that ruin things that humans want

11.

The arrows in a food chain show:

a)

the flow of energy

b)

the loss of energy

c)

how animals use energy to move around in a habitat

d)

how plants make their own energy.

12.

A persistent pesticide is one that:

a)

kills persist beetles

b)

only lasts a very short time in nature

c)

lasts a very long time in nature

d)

is not harmful to wildlife

13.

Look at the food web. Which of the following food chains can you see?

a)

grass --> rabbit --> hawk

b)

grass --> mouse --> hawk

c)

grass --> grasshopper --> mouse --> hawk

d)

oak tree --> caterpillar --> bird

14.

What is a community?

a)

All the physical environmental factors and all the organisms that are found in a habitat.

b)

All the organisms that live in a habitat

c)

The conditions in a habitat caused by physical environmental factors.

d)

The features that plants and animals have to help them live in a particular place.

15.

What is a predator?

a)

An animal that is caught and eaten by another animal.

b)

An organism that is able to make its own food. Plants are producers.

c)

An animal that eats both plants and other animals.

d)

An animal that catches and eats other animals

16.

What is prey?

a)

An animal that is caught and eaten by another animal.

b)

An organism that is able to make its own food. Plants are producers.

c)

An animal that eats both plants and other animals.

d)

An animal that catches and eats other animals

17.

What is a carnivore?

a)

An animal that only eats other animals.

b)

An organism that has to eat other organisms to stay alive.

c)

An animal that only eats plants.

d)

An animal that eats both plants and other animals.

18.

What is a habitat?

a)

The place where an organism lives, for example woodland.

b)

All the physical environmental factors and all the organisms that are found in a habitat.

c)

The conditions in a habitat caused by physical environmental factors.

d)

The non-living conditions in the environment of an organism, such as temperature and light.

19.

Look at the graph. Why do the numbers of cheetahs follow the same pattern as the number of zebras?

a)

Because cheetahs eat zebras.

b)

There is no pattern.

c)

Because there was a disease which affects both species of animals.

d)

Because cheetahs compete with zebras.

20.

What will happen to the number of cheetahs if the number of zebras decrease?

a)

it will decrease

b)

It will increase

c)

It will stay the same