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Intro to Ecology (levels, symbiosis, chains, webs)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the simplest level of organization in ecology?

a)

cell

b)

organism

c)

population

d)

community

2.

Which of the following is the highest level of organization in ecology?

a)

population

b)

organism

c)

ecosystem

d)

biosphere

3.

Which term refers to the study of organisms and their interactions within the environment?

a)

biosphere

b)

niche

c)

ecology

d)

habitat

4.

The levels organism, population and community have only which type of factors?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

biotic and abiotic

d)

None

5.

All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) _______________.

a)

organism

b)

community

c)

population

d)

group

6.

Which of the following is an example of a community?

a)

All the tiger sharks in the ocean.

b)

All the oak trees in a forest.

c)

All the cows on a farm. 

d)

The plants and animals in a rainforest.

7.

The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is _______________.

a)

organism, community, population, ecosystem

b)

ecosystem, community, population, organism

c)

organism, population, community, ecosystem

d)

population, organism, community, ecosystem

8.

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

neutralism

d)

parasitism

9.

Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

competition

d)

parasitism

10.

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

neutralism

d)

competition

11.

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

a)

Mutualism 

b)

Parasitism 

c)

Commensalism 

12.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm). 

a)

Mutualism 

b)

Parasitism 

c)

Commensalism 

13.

This occurs when two or more organisms of the environment need the same resource at the same time.

a)

competition

b)

symbiosis

c)

predation

14.

What role do plants play in the flow of energy within an ecosystem?

a)

consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

herbivores

d)

producers

15.

The snake in this food web is a _______.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

16.

The grass in this food web is a ____.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

17.

Animals that eat both plants and animals

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

18.

Animals that eat other animals

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

19.

Animals that eat only plants

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

20.

What is the grass in this food chain?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

21.

Which of these is a food chain in the food web?

a)

grass-mouse-deer

b)

rabbit-snake-fox

c)

grass-mouse-snake

d)

mouse-weasel-fox

22.

What is this picture representing?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

23.

What is represented in the image?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

24.

What does a food web represent?

a)

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.

b)

The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

c)

A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

d)

How carnivores get their food. 

25.

What does a food chain represent?

a)

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.

b)

The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

c)

A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

d)

How carnivores get their food.