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Ecology and Interdependence

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A living thing that gets food, water, shelter, and other things from its environment.

a)

Organism

b)

abiotic factor

c)

biotic factor

d)

animal

2.

The parts of an habitat that are or were once alive. (plants, animals, waste)

a)

Abiotic factors

b)

BiotIc factors

c)

population

d)

niche

3.

The nonliving parts of an organisms habitat. (water, rocks, air, light)

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

4.

All the members of one species living in a particular area.

a)

community

b)

organisms

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

5.

All the different populations that live together in a specific area make up a..

a)

community

b)

ecosystem

c)

pack

d)

niche

6.

An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size. (food, water, climate, space, predators,etc.)

a)

predators

b)

human impact

c)

natural disasters

d)

limiting factors

7.

What is a herbivore?

a)

Meat eater

b)

Plant eater

c)

Meat and plant eater

8.

What is a carnivore?

a)

Meat eater

b)

Plant eater

c)

Meat and plant eater

9.

What is an omnivore?

a)

Meat eater

b)

Plant eater

c)

Meat and plant eater

10.

In a food chain, a plant is known as?

a)

A consumer

b)

A producer

c)

A provider

11.

Which of the following do plants compete for?

a)

Light

b)

Space

c)

Mates

12.

Which of the following do animals compete for?

a)

Food

b)

Light

c)

Mates

13.

What is a decomposer?

a)

Organism that breaks down organisms

b)

Organism that breaks down dead organisms

c)

Organism that kills other organisms

14.

Name the ultimate source of energy.

a)

Plants

b)

Producers

c)

Sun

15.

What is a food web?

a)

Group of food chains

b)

Group of linked food chains

c)

Group of organisms

16.
An organism that hunts its food
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Hunter
d)
Gather
17.
An organism that is hunted for food
a)
Predator
b)
Gather
c)
Prey
d)
Hunter
18.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
19.
Which statement is correct?
a)
The lion and rhino have a predator/prey relationship.
b)
The grasshopper is the predator and the bird is the prey.
c)
Giraffes compete with lions and birds.
d)
None of the above
20.

This is any close relationship between any two different species in an ecosystem

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

21.

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. As the barnacle is a filter feeder, it also gets access to more water (and more food) due to the relationship. Whale is unaffected.

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

22.

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats that the other animal may not see as readily.

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

23.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment (ill effect) to the spruce

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

24.

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat.

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

25.

Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism