WorksheetsEcology 101
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumer
d)
decomposers
2.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
3.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
4.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
5.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
6.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
7.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
8.
Study of interactions between organisms and their environment
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystem
9.
Members of a species in a defined area
a)
Ecosystem
b)
community
c)
biodiversity
d)
population
10.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain
d)
biome
11.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
12.
Individuals that can breed with one another make up a
a)
species
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
13.
Organisms that obtains its energy from abiotic sources, such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
14.
What would be a good example of a primary consumer?
a)
carnivore
b)
detrivore
c)
decomposer
d)
herbivore
15.
Which organisms would be at the top or last trophic level?
a)
plant
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
carnivore
16.
The monkey would be a
a)
decomposer
b)
producer
c)
primary consumer
d)
secondary consumer
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