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7th Grade - Ecology Levels of Organization

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

List the levels of organization from smallest to biggest

a)

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, complex organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

b)

cell, tissue, organ, complex organism, population, organ system, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

c)

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, complex organism, community,

population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

2.

Identify the abiotic factors

a)

temperature

b)

water depth

c)

dear

d)

butterfly

3.

Identify biotic factors

a)

deer

b)

butterfly

c)

wind

d)

tree

4.

Organisms are divided into groups depending on how they get...

a)

energy

b)

food

c)

water

5.

Producers get their food through ____.

a)

photosynthesis

b)

water

c)

soil

d)

chemosynthesis

6.

A diagram that shows how food is passed from one organism to another

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

energy pyramid

7.

A diagram that shows the feeding relationships from organism to ecosystem.

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

energy pyramid

8.

Which is more like what happens in an ecosystem?

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

c)

energy pyramid

9.

A diagram that shows the loss of energy in organisms

a)

energy pyramid

b)

food web

c)

food chain

10.

How was the balance in the ecosystem disrupted by the disappearance of the gray wolf?

a)

The elk population increased

b)

The elk population decreased

c)

The elk population stayed the same

11.

List the food / energy pyramid from largest to smallest

a)

producers, herbivores, carnivores, carnivorous

b)

carnivorous, carnivores, herbivores, producers

c)

producers, herbivores, carnivorous, carnivores

12.

Food = energy, some ____, some ____.

a)

used; stored

b)

up; down

c)

big; small

13.

Energy is stored or used at each level or lost as (a)   .

14.

Most energy and mass is at the ____ level.

a)

lowest

b)

highest

15.

Loss of any level has a ____ effect on the other levels.

a)

negative

b)

positive

c)

no change

16.

The loss of one organism in the food webs has ____ effect on the rest of the ecosystem.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

no effect

17.

the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

a)

carrying capacity

b)

ecosystem capacity

c)

habitat capacity

18.

Name the resources affected by competition

a)

food

b)

shelter

c)

space

d)

sunlight

e)

air

19.

A long term change in a species is called

a)

co-evolution

b)

evolution

c)

natural selection

20.

Matter is used over and over through a ____.

a)

cycle

b)

transition

c)

evolution

21.

The movement of water between oceans, atmosphere, land and living thins is known as ____.

a)

water cycle

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

22.

_____ is the basis of the carbon cycle.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

carbon

c)

sugar

d)

oxygen

23.

Living things need nitrogen to build ____ and ____ for new cells.

a)

protein; DNA

b)

carbon dioxide; oxygen

c)

sugar, fat