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Ecosystems #3 Quiz 23/24

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sunlight & temperature are both factors that control the growth or survival of a population.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Limiting Factors

c)

Population Increase

d)

Community Control

2.

Wolves were in danger of becoming extinct, therefore park rangers and biologist found new ways to protect them.

a)

Endangered

b)

Threatened

c)

Adapted

d)

Extinct

3.

Hyenas are animals that feed off of the remains of dead animals and often run in packs.

a)

Decomposers

b)

Producer

c)

Scavenger

d)

Threatened Species

4.

The sidewinder rattlesnake has made adjustments to the conditions of its environment in the desert ecosystem.

a)

Adaptations

b)

Processes

c)

Carnivores

d)

Individual

5.

The biologist was mostly concerned about a single organism in an environment because it did not act like the others in the species.

a)

Extinct

b)

Organism

c)

Individual

d)

Community

6.

The Dodo Bird is a species that has died out completely.

a)

Threatened Species

b)

Endangered

c)

Adaptations

d)

Extinct

7.

The rainforest has a maximum population size it can support in regards to jaguars.

a)

Threatened Species

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Limiting Factor

d)

Energy Pyramid

8.

River Otters in NC are a species that are in danger of becoming endangered.

a)

Endangered

b)

Threatened

c)

Extinct

d)

Adapted

9.

The biologist noted that after the sun you can look at and study the amount of energy that is available to pass from one level of the food chain to the next.

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Community

c)

Limiting Factor

d)

Carrying Capacity

10.

Humans are living things that can carry out life on their own.

a)

Organisms

b)

Scavengers

c)

Threatened Species

d)

Limiting Factors

11.

The ability to make its own food classifies this organism as a(n)....

a)

Abiotic Factor

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Herbivore

12.

A spider eats insects, that's its role in the ecosystem. What term BEST describes this?

a)

Niche

b)

Habitat

c)

Prey

d)

Scavenger

13.

Earthworms, Mushrooms, some insects & bacteria are useful because they break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil, so they are considered which of the following?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Mitigating Factors

14.

Hi there! I'm a bear. I like to eat fish and berries. Because I eat both producers (plants) and animals (meat) I am a(n)...

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Decomposer

15.

How are consumers classified?

a)

By the type of food they eat

b)

By the times they are awake and times they are asleep

c)

By their size and fur color

d)

By their ability to fly, or inability to fly