WorksheetsLife Sciences Quiz Sciencesaurus
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
A system of organisms interacting with one another. Includes all living and non-living things in an environment.
Species
Community
Environment
Ecosystem
Which of these are considered limiting factors in an ecosystem? (Select all that apply)
Food
Energy
Living Space
Competition
_______ are consumers that eat only meat (ex., sharks, lions, and eagles).
Omnomnomnivore
Decomposer
Consumer
Herbivore
Producer
What is a decomposer?
an organism that feeds on the remains or wastes of other organisms
an organism that eats only plants
an organism at the beginning of the food chain
Which of these are decomposers? (Select all that apply)
Bacteria
Grass
Mold
Fungi
What is a system of several overlapping food chains called?
Consumer web
Food web
Energy pyramid
Food chain
A(n) ________ shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another.
Ecosystem
Energy Pyramid
What cycle does this picture represent?
Carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle
Climax community
Nitrogen cycle
Air
The constant movement of nitrogen between living things and the environment is called _______?
Nitrogen fixation
Photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle
Nitrogen cycle
A(n) _______ is a large region characterized by distinct climates and specific types of plant and animal life.
Community
Biosphere
Ecological succession
Biome
This image is an example of what?
A tree growing
Ecological succession
Climate
Biome
Dessert, Rainforest, Tundra, and Deciduous Forests are all examples of what?
Biomes
Habitats
Communities
Climates
Kentucky is part of the deciduous forest biome. What organisms are present in the deciduous forests? (Select all that apply)
Kangaroo rat
Maple tree
White-tailed deer
Moose
The groups that have the largest number of different organisms are called what?
Organisms
Species
Domains
Kingdoms
What kingdom are humans a part of?
Human kingdom
Animal kingdom
Protist kingdom
Plant kingdom
What classifies an animal as a vertebrate?
They have membrane-bound structures
They have a backbone
They eat only plants
They have a tube-like structure
What do all vascular plants have in common?
They only grow in dark places
They lack roots, stems, and leaves
They do not have a vascular tissue
They all have roots, stems, and leaves
A(n) ________ is used to show evolutionary relationships among different groups of organisms.
Taxonomic tree
Theory of evolution
Family tree
Dichotomous tree
