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Proximity Ecology

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is ecology?

a)

The study of plants and animals

b)

The study of the weather

c)

The study of how organisms interact with one another and their physical environment.

d)

The study of octopus and how they interact with their physical ecosystem

2.

What is a community?

a)

All of the populations of different species

b)

A group of organisms of the same species.

c)

All of the ecosystems that are found on Earth

d)

A group of people living in the same general area

3.

What is the biosphere?

a)

An eco-friendly sphere

b)

Earth

c)

Mars

d)

The community and all the abiotic factors such as the environment

4.

What is population density?

a)

How the organisms in a population are spread out

b)

The number of organisms in an entire population

c)

The change in population over a certain period of time

d)

The number of organisms in a given area

5.

How are different communities compared? (choose all that apply)

a)

Diversity

b)

Species

c)

Climate

d)

Food webs

6.

What is secondary succession?

a)

A previously uninhabited environment is colonized by organisms for the first time.

b)

An environment that was previously inhabited is disrupted by a disaster, and then recolonized.

c)

Land is colonized by people

d)

Pirates arrive at an island that has never been lived on before

7.

What are autotrophs?

a)

Organisms that gain energy from consuming other organisms

b)

Organisms that are on the top of the food chain

c)

Organisms which can create their own energy

d)

Organisms that eat plants

8.

What is an abiotic factor?

a)

Any non-living component that shapes its environment

b)

Trees

c)

Any living organism that shapes its environment

d)

Organisms

9.

What is an ecological niche?

a)

A hole in the wall

b)

All of the abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem

c)

A hole in the ground

d)

The ecological role of a species and all the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it

10.

What is an example of a biotic factor?

a)

The sunlight that will blind you if you look at its source (please don't look at the sun)

b)

The soil which you could stand on if you go outside

c)

The turtle by the lake that doesn't really do much

d)

The air which you breathe (it's made of many gases)

11.

What is interspecies competition?

a)

When two or more species compete for the same resources

b)

A commensalistic relationship between two species

c)

When two species compete to see who is the fastest

d)

A mutualistic relationship between two species

12.

What is the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition?

a)

Intraspecific is between different species, interspecific is between the same species

b)

Interspecific is for autotrophs, intraspecific is for heterotrophs

c)

Interspecific is between different species, intraspecific is between the same species

d)

Intraspecific is for biotic factors, interspecific is for abiotic factors

13.

What is the competitive exclusion principle?

a)

Predators will always exclude prey from any competitions

b)

No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time

c)

Two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time

d)

Geese will destroy anything and everything in their path

14.

What is a food chain?

a)

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

b)

ur mom

c)

A triangular model that shows the loss of energy from one trophic level to another

d)

A simple series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

15.

What is a food web?

a)

A simple series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

b)

A triangular model that shows the loss of energy from one trophic level to another

c)

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

d)

A spiderweb full of flies

16.

What is an energy pyramid?

a)

A pyramid that you climb to reach the sandwich at the top

b)

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

c)

A triangular model that shows the loss of energy from one trophic level to another

d)

A simple series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

17.

What is a behavioral adaptation?

a)

Physical features of an organism that help it survive.

b)

Processes inside an organism's body that increases its chance of survival.

c)

A change in the mood of an organism

d)

The way an organism acts or behaves to stay alive.

18.

What is a physiological adaptation?

a)

The way an organism acts or behaves to stay alive.

b)

Processes inside an organism's body that increases its chance of survival.

c)

The mental processes of an organism that allows it to take care of its mental heatlh

d)

Physical features of an organism that help it survive.

19.

What is a structural adaptation?

a)

The way an organism acts or behaves to stay alive.

b)

Physical features of an organism that help it survive.

c)

A structure that organisms create for shelter.

d)

Processes inside an organism's body that increases its chance of survival.

20.

What is mutualism?

a)

When two organisms provide benefits to each other.

b)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is harmed or suffers a consequence.

c)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is unaffected.

d)

When two organisms are emotionally manipulating each other

21.

What is commensalism?

a)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is harmed or suffers a consequence

b)

When two organisms provide benefits to each other.

c)

When two organisms share something in common

d)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is unaffected

22.

What is parasitism?

a)

The long-term interactions between two organisms

b)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is harmed or suffers a consequence

c)

When two organisms provide benefits to each other.

d)

When one organism benefits from another, while the other is unaffected

23.

What is homeostasis?

a)

When an organism’s surrounding environment is able to maintain a state of equilibrium

b)

When an organism’s surrounding environment changes based on the organism internal environment

c)

When an organism's internal environment is able to maintain a state of equilibrium

d)

When an organism’s internal environment changes based on the surrounding environment

24.

How is carbon dioxide released back into the atmosphere?

a)

Carbon dioxide is absorbed by oceans

b)

Carbon dioxide is used by plants and trees to make through the process of photosynthesis

c)

Carbon dioxide is eaten by the clouds

d)

Organisms release carbon dioxide through cellular respiration

25.

What is condensation in the water cycle?

a)

When groundwater collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans

b)

When water vapor sticks together in the atmosphere and forms clouds.

c)

When water vapor rises into the atmosphere

d)

When water vapor falls to the ground

26.

What type of symbiotic relationship do humans and the biosphere have?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Romantic

27.

Did you enjoy this webinar?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Eh

d)

Maybe yes, maybe no