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Ecological organization and interactions quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

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.

2.

A group of interbreeding organisms (species) living in the same area

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

3.

All the populations in an ecosystem

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

species

4.

Also known as a biome, includes all the living and nonliving features of an environment.

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

5.

Nonliving factors that affects an ecosystem are called...

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

biome factors

6.

Which of the following is an example of a population?

a)

the cats and dogs in your neighborhood

b)

the local park

c)

the gray wolves in a forest

7.

If a scientists are studying the insects, birds, fish, and plants in an area, but not the water or the rocks, what ecological organization would they be studying?

a)

ecosystem

b)

population

c)

community

8.

What word best describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants, as well as the sun, soil, air, and water in an environment?

a)

abiotic

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

9.

The five levels of organization in the environment, from the first to the fifth level are_________________

a)

organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community

b)

organisms, population, biotic elements, abiotic elements

c)

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

10.

What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

11.

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

12.

A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of a ______. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

a)

commensalistic relationship

b)

parasitic relationship

c)

mutualistic relationship

13.
Two organisms both benefit from the relationship
a)
Commensalism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Parasitism
14.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other neither helped nor harmed...

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitsm

15.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed...

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitsm