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Unit 10

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an animal or plant's natural home. It provides food supply, shelter, and a place to raise young.

a)

habitat

b)

biotic

c)

niche

d)

abioitc

2.

All the living organisms that inhabit an environment

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

c)

limiting factors

d)

carrying capacity

3.

Nonliving parts of the environment.

a)

limiting factors

b)

populations

c)

abiotic factors

d)

biotic factors

4.

An individual living thing

a)

biomes

b)

populations

c)

Community

d)

Organism

5.

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

a)

ecosystem

b)

populations

c)

Community

d)

biosphere

6.

All the different populations that live together in an area

a)

ecosystem

b)

populations

c)

Community

d)

Organism

7.

the part of the Earth that supports life.

a)

ecosystem

b)

populations

c)

biome

d)

biosphere

8.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their non-living environment.

a)

ecosystem

b)

populations

c)

Community

d)

Organism

9.

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

a)

virology

b)

ecology

c)

genetics

d)

physics

10.

Movement of individuals into a population

a)

emmigration

b)

immigration

11.

movement of individuals out of a population

a)

emmigration

b)

immigration

12.

The number of individuals in an area of a specific size

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

limiting factor

d)

population density

13.

Anything that causes a population to stop growing

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

limiting factor

d)

population density

14.

The maximum rate at which a population could increase if there were no limiting factors

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

limiting factor

d)

population density

15.

Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

limiting factor

d)

population density

16.

the process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce

a)

natural selection

b)

adaptation

17.

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

competition

d)

adaptation

18.

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

competition

d)

adaptation

19.

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

abiotic factor

d)

predation

20.

The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction

a)

prey

b)

predator

21.

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

a)

prey

b)

predator

22.

A relationship in which two different organisms live closely together. The heading....the name for the group of all of them

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

symbiosis

d)

mutualism

23.

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

symbiosis

d)

mutualism

24.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

symbiosis

d)

mutualism

25.

A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it.

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

symbiosis

d)

mutualism

26.

An organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host

a)

host

b)

parasite

27.

An organism on which a parasite lives.

a)

host

b)

parasite

28.

inherited characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment

a)

natural selection

b)

adaptation

29.
An individual belonging to a specific species
a)
Biotic
b)
Community
c)
Organism
d)
Reptile
30.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
31.
An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement
a)
niche
b)
biosphere
c)
biome
d)
habitat
32.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
33.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
34.
The area between the highest mountain and the deepest ocean where life can be found
a)
Biosphere
b)
Biome
c)
Farm
d)
Ecosystem
35.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
36.

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

a)

competition

b)

mutualism

c)

predation

d)

commensalism

37.
Individuals that can breed with one another make up a
a)
species
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
38.
What is a niche?
a)
the place where a species lives
b)
what a species eats
c)
the role of a species
d)
how a species uses resources
39.
Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living around a pond?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
40.
Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?
a)
a bee pollinates a flower
b)
a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
c)
an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree
41.
Barnacles grow on whales.  Whales give the barnacles a place to live but the barnacles do not help or harm the whale.  Which type of relationship is this?
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitiesm
42.
An oxpecker bird eats ticks off of a zebra.  The bird gets food from eating the ticks and the zebra has harmful parasites removed.  Which type of symbiosis is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
43.

What type of relationship is this?

a)

parasitism

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

competition

44.

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

a)

alive

b)

biotic

c)

abiotic

d)

living

45.

What is an example of a biotic factor?

a)

skunk

b)

rocks

c)

soil

d)

water

46.
What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
47.
What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
48.
What does the graph represent?
a)
Emigration
b)
Exponential growth
c)
Immigration
d)
Logistic Growth
49.
What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?
a)
1000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
50.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
51.
Bird & Tree: A bird builds a nest in a hole in the trunk of the tree. It is protected from the rain and predators. The tree is not harmed or helped by the bird.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
52.
Rabbits and deer eat lettuce leaves from a garden.
What ecological interaction describes the relationship between rabbits and deer?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predation
53.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt, air

b)

birds and plants

c)

birds, water, dirt

d)

plants, water

54.

All of the squirrels living in Hubbard Park would be considered a

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

organism

55.

All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

a)

species

b)

population

c)

community

d)

biome

56.

Long Island Sound, including the plants and animals living in it, is considered a(n)

a)

biosphere

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

population