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Unit 7-Ecology-Notes Pages 1-2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Ecology?

a)

The study of organelles.

b)

The study of how organisms interact with each other.

c)

The study of animals.

d)

The study of cell division.

2.

What are biotic factors?

a)

Nonliving factors in an ecosystem

b)

All parts of the Earth

c)

Living factors in an ecosystem

3.

What is NOT an abiotic factor?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Grass

c)

Rocks

d)

Water

4.

Name the levels of ecological organization in order.

a)

Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem, Biosphere

b)

Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism

c)

Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

d)

Animal,

Species,

Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

5.

What happens when you remove a keystone species?

a)

Impacts all organisms

b)

Nothing changes

c)

The ecosystem thrives without the keystone species

6.

What organism creates their own food?

a)

Decomposers

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Scavengers

d)

Autotrophs

7.

What is the process of making your own food without light?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

c)

Biotic Factors

8.

What organism breaks down dead organisms to get energy?

a)

Decomposers

b)

Scavengers

c)

Omnivore

d)

Carnivore

9.

What organism eats the carcases of other animals once they have been killed?

a)

Earthworms

b)

Detritivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Scavengers

10.

What does a food chain show?

a)

Feeding relationships

b)

Levels of ecological organization

c)

Protozoans

11.

Name the difference between a Specialist and a Generalist.

a)

Generalist has large diet, Specialist makes their own food

b)

Generalist goes through photosynthesis, Specialist goes the chemosynthesis

c)

Generalist has large diet, Specialist has small diet

d)

Generalist and Specialist do not have any differences

12.

True or False

Community is all of the different species, Population is all of one species

a)

False

b)

True