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Ecological Organization

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Ecology?

a)

It is the study of the Earth.

b)

It is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

c)

It is the study of recycling.

d)

It is the study of plants.

2.

Nonliving factors that affects an ecosystem are called...

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

food chain factors

d)

biome factors

3.

When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...

a)

a community.

b)

a biome.

c)

a biosphere.

d)

an Earthsphere.

4.

The tropical rain forest, the desert, and the tundra are all examples of ...

a)

the biopshere.

b)

biomes.

c)

ecosystems.

d)

communities.

5.

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

a)

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

b)

organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

c)

organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.

d)

organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere

6.

What level of ecological organization do the animals represent?

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

7.

What level of ecological organization do the organisms represent?

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

8.

What level of ecological organization does the bird represent?

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

9.

What level of ecological organization does this entire picture represent?

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

10.

Two organisms that are so similar are from the same ...

a)
biotic factor
b)
herbivore
c)
ecosystem
d)
species
11.

What is a population?

a)

One individual member of a species

b)

a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

c)

all the different populations of species that live together in an area

d)

a community of species and the physical environment

12.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt

b)

birds, plants, predators

c)

water, plants, parasites

d)

oxygen, water, grasses

13.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
a biotic factor.
b)
an abiotic factor.
14.
Abby is walking to school with her best friend Jaylyn. They begin talking about everything they see including the ash trees, grass, weeds, ants, and people. They also notice how cold it is, how there are several large puffy clouds out, and how the sun is just starting to come up.  What level of organization are they discussing?
a)
community
b)
ecosystem
c)
biome
d)
biosphere
15.
Antonio and Javier are astronauts in space looking back at Earth and discussing how all the life on Earth interacts with each other as well as the nonliving things. What level of organization are they discussing?
a)
A community
b)
A biome
c)
An ecosystem
d)
A biosphere
16.

Jacob is going out to his grandparents farm. On the farm is a stream that he likes to fish in. While he is fishing he sees many different species of fish as well as maple and oak trees and dragonflies. What Jacob is seeing is an example of what level of organization?

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem