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Ecology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that the foundation of all food chains

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Omnivor

2.

The rate at which biomass accumulates.

a)

Net Primary Productiviey

b)

Gross Primary Productivity

3.

Place where an organism lives.

a)

Niche

b)

Resource

c)

Habitat

d)

Trophic Level

4.

Which of these is NOT an abiotic factor?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Temperture

d)

Bones

5.

A hawk that ate a snake that ate a mouse that ate grass seed is a ...

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Quaternary Consumer

6.

Water moving through plants and back into the atmosphere.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Perspiration

7.

The process that takes carbon out of the atmosphere.

a)

Combustion

b)

Decomposition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Respiration

8.

Where is most fresh water on Earth located?

a)

Rivers, Lakes and Streams.

b)

Ice Caps and Glaciers

c)

Ground Water

d)

Oceans

9.

What is the source for phosphorus for plants?

a)

Eroding Rock

b)

Fossil Fuels

c)

The Atmosphere

d)

Meteorites

10.

All biogeochemical cycles on Earth would break down without these organisms.

a)

Carnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Decomposers

d)

Herbivores

11.

What is the order of ecological organization from most inclusive to most specific?

a)

organism-community-population-biosphere-ecosystem

b)

biosphere-community-population-ecosystem-organism

c)

organism-population-community-ecosystem-biosphere

d)

biosphere-ecosystem-community-population-organism

12.

The position an organism occupies in a food chain is its ...

a)

Niche

b)

Trophic Level

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

13.

An organism that maintains constant internal conditions is a ...

a)

Regulator

b)

Conformer

c)

Consumer

d)

Heterotroph

14.

What process allows an organism to modify its tolerance levels of abiotic factors?

a)

Adaptation

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Acclimation

d)

Hibernation

15.

Which of these is a strategy to avoid unfavorable environmental conditions?

a)

Acclimation

b)

Hibernation

c)

Pollenation

d)

Adaptation

16.

What is the process in the nitrogen cycle that returns nitrogen back into the atmosphere?

a)

Ammonification

b)

Nitrification

c)

Nitrogen-fixing

d)

Denitrification

17.

What biological molecules require nitrogen in their structure?

a)

ATP

b)

DNA

c)

RNA

d)

All of these

18.

An animal that cannot maintain constant internal body conditions.

a)

Regulator

b)

Exothermic

c)

Conformer

d)

Consumer

19.

The number of trophic levels in an ecosystem are limited by ...

a)

the number of producers.

b)

the number of consumers.

c)

the number of decomposers.

d)

the number of species.

20.

Which of these does NOT put carbon back into the atmosphere?

a)

Combustion

b)

Decomposition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Respiration

21.

A bear that ate berries is a

a)

tertiary consumer.

b)

secondary consumer.

c)

primary consumer.

d)

primary producer.

22.

A raccoon is a ...

a)

Specialist

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Generalist

23.

A bird nests in a tree. This relationship is an example of ________ in ecosystems.

a)

competition

b)

cooperation

c)

interdependence

d)

parasitism

24.

The study of ecology is the study of ___________ in ecosystems

a)

relationships

b)

biotic and abiotic factors

c)

communities

d)

pollution

25.

All the members of one species in an ecosystem is a _______.

a)

community

b)

population

c)

colony

d)

herd