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Biodiversity Topics 1/2

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A behavior that helps an animal survive.

b)

The food that animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

2.

What are the two types of adaptation?

a)

Camouflage

b)

Physical and camouflage

c)

Behavior and camouflage

d)

Physical and behavior adaptation

3.

The enviroment in which an animal lives is called its

a)

adaptation

b)

habitat

c)

hibernation

d)

migration

4.

A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees - is an example of a

a)

behavior adaptation

b)

physical adaptation

c)

learned behavior

d)

behavior

5.

Lions, bears, and owls all hunt other animals for their food. They are examples of

a)

prey

b)

predators

c)

children

d)

enemies

6.

What are some things that can cause an animal to become extinct?

a)

habitat loss

b)

disease

c)

climate change

d)

all of the above

7.

What are the 4 things that living things need to survive?

a)

air, food, protection, love

b)

food, water, space, air

c)

love, protection, air, space

d)

protection, water, meat, plants

8.

What is camouflage?

a)

Colors or markings to make it look like something else

b)

A chemical that is used to defend itself

c)

A hard shell or covering

d)

Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see

9.

A resting state through the winter.

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

a)

Migration

b)

Locomotion

c)

Adaptation

d)

Hibernation

10.

How does adaptations help animals?

a)

to hide from predators

b)

to hunt for food

c)

to survive in their habitats

d)

All of these are correct

11.

Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

a)

The rabbit likes to change fur color

b)

The bunny learned it from his parents

c)

The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surrounding

12.

A chameleon lies next to a large blue flower so predators cannot find it. This is an example of

a)

camouflage

b)

migration

c)

mimicry

d)

hibernation

13.

Choose a physical adaptation examples listed below

a)

Birds fly south for the winter

b)

A bird has a sharp beak

c)

A bear hibernates in the winter

14.

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

15.

A polar bear has white fur to make it harder to see.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

16.
Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?
a)
dragonflies landing on lily pads
b)
lizards and snakes lying in the sun
c)
hawks eating mice
d)
frogs and toads eating flies
17.

Which relationship describes predator/prey?

a)

hawks and shrubs

b)

mountain lion and deer

c)

frogs and trees

d)

grasses and crickets

18.

An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis is a(n) ______________.

a)

consumer

b)

heterotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

herbivore

19.
The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.
a)
Light bulbs
b)
Dotted Lines
c)
Arrows
d)
Bubbles
20.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
21.
Which of the following is NOT a consumer
a)
grass
b)
dog
c)
shark
d)
fish
22.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
23.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
24.
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
25.
An organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
26.
What is a carnivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
b)
An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
27.
Which terms best describe heterotrophs?
a)
Plants; producers
b)
Animals; producers
c)
Plants; consumers
d)
Animals; consumers
28.
Which terms best describe autotrophs?
a)
Plants; producers
b)
Animals; producers
c)
Plants; consumers
d)
Animals; consumers
29.

Pigs

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

30.

__________________ are consumers that eat BOTH Plants and Animals for food.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Producers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

31.
Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called __________.
a)
Franivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
32.

In which type of interaction does one animal eat another for energy and nutrients?

a)

Competition

b)

Parasitism

c)

Predation

d)

Mutualism

33.

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This relationship neither helps nor harms the snails. Which interaction is this?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Competition

34.

Ostriches and Gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats the other animal would not as readily see. What type of interaction is this?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Competition

35.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the trees detriment (causing harm). What type of interaction is this?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Competition

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism

36.

Sloth's and monkeys share the same tropical habitat. Deforestation is occurring limiting the space for these 2 species. What will now occur between the 2 species?

a)

Mutalism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Predation

d)

Competition

37.

Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. This is an example of

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

predation

38.

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

39.
 The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
40.
Which symbols best describe mutualism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
41.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
42.
Which symbols best describe commensalism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
0,0
43.
A close, long-term relationship in which 2 different organisms live in close association with each other. 
a)
Carrying Capacity
b)
Coexistence
c)
Limiting Factor
d)
Symbiosis
44.

Organisms who mate in the wild, and whose offspring can successfully reproduce

a)

Species

b)

Hybrid

c)

Variation within a species

d)

Variation amongst species

45.

An organism created by crossing two different species

a)

Species

b)

Hybrid

c)

Variation within a species

d)

Variation amongst species

46.

The differences between two giraffes

a)

Species

b)

Hybrid

c)

Variation within a species

d)

Variation amongst species

47.

The differences between a cat and a dog

a)

Species

b)

Hybrid

c)

Variation within a species

d)

Variation amongst species

48.

The formation of a new species is called

a)

Natural selection

b)

Struggle for existence

c)

Speciation

d)

Darwinism

49.

A new river forms and splits two populations, causing ______________ speciation

a)

Sympatric

b)

Allopatric

c)

Extreme

d)

Convergent

50.

A speciation in which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the SAME geographic region.

a)

Sympatric speciation

b)

Allopatric speciation

c)

Complex speciation

d)

Divergent speciation

51.

Orcas occur in the same habitat but some are avoiding each other and do not interbreed. They have different diets, vocal behavior, and social structures. What type of speciation is this?

a)

Allopatric

b)

Sympatric

c)

Complex

d)

Covergent

52.

The emergence of a mountain range is an event that would lead to _______________ speciation

a)

Allopatric

b)

Sympatric

c)

Temporal

d)

Behavioral

53.

These animals are not choosy about what they eat or where they live

a)

Endangered

b)

Specialists

c)

Extinct

d)

Generalists

54.

These animals have specific diet and climate requirements

a)

Extinct

b)

Generalists

c)

Specialists

d)

Endangered

55.

These animals are protected by the government

a)

Specialists

b)

Generalists

c)

Endangered

d)

Extinct

56.

These animals might be in trouble if their habitat changes

a)

Generalists

b)

Specialists

c)

Endangered

d)

Extinct

57.

The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's...

a)

Habitat

b)

Population

c)

Biome

d)

Niche

58.

"Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them."

a)

Invasive species

b)

Destructive species

c)

Unwelcomed species

d)

Infected species

59.

the differentiation of niches that enables similar species to coexist in a community

a)

character displacement

b)

climax community

c)

resource partitioning

d)

pioneer species

60.
What effect does biodiversity have on a community?
a)
It makes destruction by insects impossible. 
b)
It makes primary succession more likely.   
c)
 It enables species to survive in a desert.
d)
It enables the community to withstand changes.
61.
The ecological niches of three bird species are shown in the diagram. What is the advantage of each bird species having a different niche?
a)
As more birds feed higher in the tree, available energy increases.
b)
More abiotic resources are available for each bird.
c)
Predators are less likely to feed on birds in a variety of locations.
d)
There is less competition for food.
62.

A niche ________________.

a)

is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

b)

includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment.

c)

is specific to each individual animal and plant.

d)

All of the above.

63.

A whale's niche would be which of the following?

a)

eating plankton and krill.

b)

eating sharks and dolphins.

c)

eating hamburgers and fries.

d)

eating other whales.

64.

What is a niche?

a)

Where an organism lives.

b)

An organisms role, or job, within its ecosystem.

c)

What an organism eats.

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