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Ecosystems

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

a)

alive

b)

biotic

c)

abiotic

d)

living

2.

What is an example of a biotic factor?

a)

skunk

b)

rocks

c)

soil

d)

water

3.

All of the living and non-living parts of the environment in the same area.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Organism

d)

Ecosystem

4.

Click on all the abiotic factors

a)

Rabbit

b)

soil

c)

water

d)

sunlight

5.

Click on all the biotic factors

a)

rabbit

b)

tree

c)

soil

d)

water

6.
An abiotic part of an ecosystem; required by plants to perform photosynthesis.
a)
water
b)
soil
c)
sunlight
d)
oxygen
7.
The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
community
d)
habitat
8.

One living thing. Ex. One frog, one tree, one rabbit

a)

Population

b)

Organism

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

9.

Many organisms of the same species living in the same area.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Ecology

10.

Many different types of populations living in the same area. All the living things in an area.

a)

Community

b)

Ecosytem

c)

Population

d)

Organism

11.
A desert habitat is cold and wet.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
All habitats are the same 
a)
True 
b)
False 
13.

What is biologist Professor James Lovelock's Gaia theory?

a)

Earth is a super-organism

b)

Earth is a super-cell

c)

Earth is a super-ecosystem

d)

earth is a super-community

14.

rising salinity can effect the survival of organisms within an ecosystem, these are abiotic factors

a)

true

b)

false

15.

what is the correct order of organisation

a)

cell, organism, species, population, community, ecosystem

b)

cell, organism, population, species, community, ecosystem

c)

cell, organism, ecosystem, population, species, community,

d)

cell, organism, population, community, species ecosystem

16.

Each species has a tolerance range

a)

false

b)

true

17.

The optimum range within the tolerance range is where species function best

a)

true

b)

false

18.

There are no interactions between abiotic and biotic factors

a)

true

b)

false

19.
How many Kingdoms are organisms classified into?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
20.
The Animalia Kingdom differs from the Plantae kingdom in that animals have cell walls and plants do not. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
The correct order of classification from the BROADEST group to the most narrow is:
a)
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
b)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species
c)
Kingdom, Family, Order, Phylum, Class, Genus, Species
d)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
22.
A living thing
a)
classify
b)
organism
c)
vertebrates
d)
invertebrates
23.
An animal that gets its energy by eating only plants
a)
carnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
predator
24.
An animal that stalks, catches and eats other animals
a)
carnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
prey
d)
predator
25.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
26.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
27.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
28.

To put similar organisms into groups

a)

taxonomy

b)

classification

c)

dichotomous key

d)

phylum

29.
A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat.  This is an example of _____. 
a)
an adaptation
b)
environment
c)
response
d)
stimulus
30.

Chameleons are reptiles that have the ability to hide from predators and prey by blending in with their environment. They can change the pattern and/or color of their skin. This ability is known as --

a)

natural selection

b)

imitations

c)

mimicry

d)

camouflage

31.
This word means to stay alive.
a)
trait
b)
reproduce
c)
adaptation
d)
survive
32.
A trait that helps a living thing survive is called an _______.
a)
trait
b)
adaptation
c)
survive
d)
reproduce
33.
Which is NOT a feature of an eagle?
a)
strong claws
b)
good eyesight
c)
sharp beak
d)
webbed feet
34.
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Competition
d)
Adaptation
35.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
36.
If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...
a)
Predator
b)
Alpha
c)
Prey
d)
Mutualistic partner

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