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Ecology Part 1 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.
If your teacher asked you to make qualitative observations about the class’s pet hamster, which group of words might be used?
a)
A  mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, age of 16 months
b)
A  mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, cute
c)
A  long hair, white and brown colored, soft
d)
A  temperature, length, weight
2.

Which is an INFERENCE about this photo?

a)

The person is wearing silver.

b)

There is an ear of corn on the table.

c)

The person is from the future.

d)

The person has something covering their eyes.

3.

You do an experiment to see if sleeping with a textbook under your pillow will improve your grades. Your dependent variable is...

a)

Putting your textbook under your pillow

b)

Your grades

c)

How badly your neck hurts in the morning

d)

How many hours you sleep

4.
What does Biology mean?
a)
study of animals
b)
study of life
c)
study of plants
d)
study of the world
5.

Living things are made up of units called

a)

DNA

b)

Cells

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Seeds

6.

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

a)

absorption

b)

metabolism

c)

digestion

d)

consumption

7.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
8.
Which is an example of a population?
a)
different kinds of bacteria
b)
A group of fish and sharks
c)
deer, bear, and rabbits
d)
A herd of cattle
9.
What do ecosystems have that the other three levels of organization do not have?
a)
living things
b)
biotic factors
c)
abiotic factors
d)
organisms
10.

What is NOT an abiotic factor?

a)

Moss

b)

Water

c)

Temperature

d)

Soil

11.

What would NOT be an example of a density dependent factor?

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

The average rainfall of a region

d)

Communicable Disease

12.

Which 2 points on the graph show that the population reached its carrying capacity?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

13.

A new deadly disease being introduced into a population will cause its carrying capacity to...

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

14.

What is the autotroph in this food web?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Snake

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Grass

15.

What energy level would be at the bottom (the producers)?

a)

1 kg

b)

10 kg

c)

100 kg

d)

1000 kg