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Niche and Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the combination of a place, its inhabitants, and the relationships between them?

a)

Ecology

b)

Ecohabitation

c)

Ecosystem

2.

The ecosystem is consists of two main components; abiotic and biotic. If the biotic factors are the life-forms such as animals and plants, _______ factors are the non-living properties like sunlight, temperature etc.

a)

abiotic

b)

non-biotic

3.

_________ represents the feeding relationship in a community.

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

4.

These are animals that eat parts of plants, but generally only the fruits and vegetables produced by fruit-bearing plants.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

5.

Which of these animals are HERBIVORES?

a)

Monkey

b)

Squirrels

c)

Giraffe

d)

Fox

6.

A _______ is an organism that breaks down organic materials from dead organisms to obtain energy. An example of this are worms.

a)

Composers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Producers

7.

How do you classify a rainforest as an ecosystem?

a)

A large, unmodified, land ecosystem

b)

A small, modified, land ecosystem

c)

An large, unmodified aquatic ecosystem

8.

________ is a large, unmodified, aquatic ecosystem that serves as home for different species of fish.

a)

Ocean

b)

Coral reefs

c)

Sand

9.

This is a large, unmodified, enormous grassland with moderate temperature and rainfall, and few trees. It is usually a golden, wheat-covered stretch of land.

a)

Desert

b)

Prairie

c)

Littoral zone

10.

Which are considered as primary consumers?

a)

butterfly, grasshopper, plankton

b)

lizard, mouse, fish

11.

Pollution and natural disasters are examples of __________.

a)

Changes that do not alter the ecosystem

b)

Changes that alter the ecosystem

12.

Which is an example of a change in an ecosystem that does NOT alter it.

a)

Changing of the seasons

b)

Human activity

c)

Building projects

13.

One way to look after ecosystems is to protect them with special __________.

a)

fences

b)

laws

c)

powers

14.

Which one is the correct order of the 3Rs?

a)

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

b)

Recycle- Reuse - Reduce

c)

Reuse - Reduce - Recycle

15.

TRUE OR FALSE: Humans are dominant consumers because we eat plants and animals and we are don't have natural predators.

a)

True

b)

False