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Ecology

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Phytoplankton are considered plants while zooplankton is considered animals. In this food web who are the producers?

a)

Phytoplankton and zooplankton

b)

Phytoplankton and seaweed

c)

Seaweed and crab

d)

Zooplankton and krill

2.

Primary consumers eat producers. How many primary consumers are in this food web?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

Krill is a shrimp-like animal. Which animals in this food web eat krill for energy?

a)

Sea leopard and penguin

b)

Fish and sea leopard

c)

Squid and elephant seal

d)

Fish and blue whale

4.

What is the relationship between the sea weed and crab? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Consumer/Producer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

5.

What is the relationship between the killer whale and the leopard sea? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Consumer/Producer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

6.

Who are the producers in this food web? Choose all that apply.

a)

Insects

b)

Grasses

c)

Seed-eating Birds

d)

Shrubs

e)

Deer

7.

Which of these animals are carnivores? Choose all that apply?

a)

Coyotes

b)

Insects

c)

Spiders

d)

Rats

e)

Hawks

8.

What is true of this food web.

a)

Seed-eating birds eat only grasses and shrubs.

b)

Coyotes eat spiders and frogs.

c)

Deer are eaten by coyotes.

d)

Rats eat hawks and snakes.

9.

What is the relationship between the frogs and insects? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Consumer/Producer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

10.

What is the relationship between the grasses/shrubs and the deer? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Producer/Consumer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

11.

Which of the following is a parasite/host relationship?

a)

Insect eating grass

b)

Mushrooms (fungi) growing on a tree

c)

Wolf eating a rabbit

d)

Fish eating algae

12.

Organisms that only eat meat are:

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Consumers

13.

Organisms that only eat plants are:

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Consumers

14.

Organisms that eat both plants and animals are:

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Producers

15.

Choose all that apply. Organisms that can make their own food are:

a)

Herbivores

b)

Plants

c)

Producers

d)

Consumers

e)

Autotrophs

16.

Who is a producer in this food web?

a)

Giant Panda

b)

Red Panda

c)

Fern

d)

Grasshopper

17.

Which of these three animals are herbivores?

a)

Grasshopper, frog, panda

b)

Snow leopard, snail, vulture

c)

Mushroom, gorilla, snake

d)

Giant panda, bamboo rat, jackal

18.

In this food web, which animal gets its energy from bamboo?

a)

Sea leopard

b)

Snake

c)

Red Panda

d)

Jackal

19.

What is the relationship between the red panda and the jackal? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Consumer/Producer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

20.

What is the relationship between the grass and the frog? Choose all that apply.

a)

Predator/Prey

b)

Parasite/Host

c)

Producer/Consumer

d)

Consumer/Consumer

21.

Based on the model, which consumers would receive the greatest amount of energy captured by the producers in their food chains?

a)

Beluga Whale

b)

Polar Bear and Arctic Hare

c)

Ptarmigan and Arctic Bumblebee

d)

Lichens and Shrubs

22.

Which in the apex predator?

a)

Ptarmigan

b)

Polar Bear

c)

Lichens

d)

Beluga Whale

23.

Which group are the producers?

a)

1 and 2

b)

3 and 4

c)

4

d)

3

24.

Which trophic level is Primary consumer?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

25.

Level 1 is called the _______________ tropic level.

a)

Tertiary consumer

b)

Tertiary producer

c)

Primary consumer

d)

Primary producer

26.

Which trophic level has the greatest amount of energy to use?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

27.

If the original amount of energy in an energy pyramid is 10,000 J what amount if left for the apex predators?

a)

100 J

b)

10 J

c)

1 J

d)

0.1 J

28.

How much energy is lost when organisms consume another organism from a different level?

a)

90%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

10%

29.

Where do producers get their energy?

a)

Soil

b)

Decomposers

c)

Sun

d)

Garbage

30.

Organisms who produce their own food are called ____________.

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Autotrophs

31.

These organisms exist within every trophic level giving nutrients back to the soil.

a)

Plants

b)

Bees

c)

Birds

d)

Worms

32.

Choose all that apply. Cannot make their own food.

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Autotrophs

c)

Consumers

d)

Producers

e)

Decomposer

33.

A large community of plants and animals that occupy a distinct region of the world is a:

a)

Microhabitat

b)

Species

c)

Ecology

d)

Biome

34.

World biomes are classified by which of these? Choose all that apply.

a)

Climate

b)

Geography

c)

Vegetation

d)

Communities

e)

Animals

35.

This biome is the most diverse.

a)

Taiga

b)

Arctic

c)

Rainforest

d)

Desert

36.

This biome is fertile and good for growing crops.

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate Forest

c)

Rainforest

d)

Grasslands

37.

This biome is filled with large hardwood trees.

a)

Temperate Forest

b)

Taiga

c)

Rainforest

d)

Desert

38.

This biome is near the equator.

a)

Rainforest

b)

Temperate Forest

c)

Grasslands

d)

Desert

39.

This biome has a cold harsh climate and short growing season.

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate Forest

c)

Taiga

d)

Grasslands

40.

This biome covers 70 % of Earth’s surface.

a)

Rainforest

b)

Ocean

c)

Temperate Forest

d)

Taiga

41.

This biome generally has 4 seasons.

a)

Temperate Forest

b)

Taiga

c)

Desert

d)

Alpine Tundra

42.

This biome has permafrost present most of the year.

a)

Arctic

b)

Alpine Tundra

c)

Desert

d)

Taiga

43.

This biome is home to sharks, kelp, and coral.

a)

Rainforest

b)

Alpine Tundra

c)

Desert

d)

Ocean

e)

Taiga

44.

This biome is home to pine trees.

a)

Temperate Forest

b)

Alpine Tundra

c)

Taiga

d)

Arctic

e)

Grasslands

45.

This biome is home to lichens and moss.

a)

Temperate Forest

b)

Alpine Tundra

c)

Taiga

d)

Rainforest

e)

Grasslands

46.

A very small part of the environment that supports a distinct flora and fauna is a:

a)

Biome

b)

Species

c)

Microhabitat

d)

Microbiology

47.

The 3 levels of organization in an ecosystem from smallest to largest, are:

a)

population, ecosystem, community

b)

organism, community, population

c)

population, organism, ecosystem

d)

organism, population, community

48.

Select all of the elements that are biotic.

a)

deer

b)

fern

c)

soil

d)

weather

e)

mushroom

49.

Select all of the elements that are abiotic.

a)

Volcano

b)

Elephant

c)

Fish

d)

Sunlight

e)

River

50.

An ecosystem is made up of all the ________ and __________ factors in an area.

a)

biotic and abiotic

b)

autotrophic and heterotrophic

c)

plant and animal

d)

competing and limiting

51.

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ____________.

a)

limiting factor

b)

carrying capacity

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

52.

Non living elements in an ecosystem are called _____________.

a)

limiting factors

b)

carrying capacity

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

53.

The largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support is its __________________________.

a)

limiting factors

b)

carrying capacity

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

54.

The ___________________limits the number of individuals that can live in an ecosystem.

a)

limiting factor

b)

carrying capacity

c)

biotic factor

d)

abiotic factor

55.

Select the biotic factors that limit other organisms in its environment.

a)

competition for food

b)

parasitism

c)

predator-prey relationship

d)

commensalism

e)

human activity

56.

Who is the scientist credited with the discovery of natural selection?

a)

Barry Bishop

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Rachel Carson

d)

Sewall Wright

57.

What type of animals did Darwin study?

a)

giraffe

b)

toucan

c)

finch

d)

rabbit