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Biodiversity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a vertabrate?
a)
An animal that has a spinal cord or backbone
b)
An animal that has lungs
c)
A human that can play Soccer
d)
An animal that has bones
2.
Where does the energy from an ecosystem come from?
a)
Trees
b)
Sun
c)
Plants
d)
Water
3.
The scientific name for a wolf is Canis lupus. What does the first word in the name represent?
a)
Species
b)
Kingdom
c)
Genus
d)
Domain
4.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
5.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
6.

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism

7.
Which option is abiotic?
a)
Plants
b)
Bacteria
c)
Water
d)
Fungi
8.
All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact are called ______
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
9.
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
a)
Biotic are non-living things
b)
Abiotic are living organisms
c)
Biotic is life,
Abiotic is non-living
d)
Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living
10.

Define genetic diversity

a)

a variety of genes and traits within a species

b)

a variety of ecosystems in a given area

c)

system made up of all the living and nonliving things in a given area

d)

a variety of species in an ecosystem

11.

Define mutualism

a)

symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from interaction

b)

symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed from interaction

c)

symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited

12.

Define commensalism

a)

symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited

b)

symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from interaction

c)

symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed

13.

Define parasitism

a)

symbiotic relationship where one organism is harmed and one is benefited

b)

symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from interaction

c)

symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed

14.

Define competition

a)

symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from interaction

b)

when two or more individuals or populations try to use the same limited resources

c)

variation of genes within an ecosystem in a given area

d)

variety of life among Earth's land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems

15.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
16.
Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of: 
a)
scavengers
b)
predators
c)
prey
d)
decomposers
17.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
18.

A population is

a)

a group of similar species in different areas

b)

a group of the same species in the same geographic area.

c)

a group of several species in the same geographic area

d)

a group of several species along with their abiotic factors in a small area.

19.

A diagram that shows how food chains are connected in an ecomsystem.

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

20.

An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis.

a)

decomposer

b)

carnivore

c)

producer

d)

herbivore