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ELEM 339 Midterm

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: An ecosystem includes all the populations that live in an area along with physical factors in the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is it called when all the organisms of the same species live in the same place at the same time?

a)

Species

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Niche

3.

Which of the following are limiting factors in an environment?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Rocks

d)

Light

4.

Which relationship is when one animal captures and eats another animal for food?

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Competition

d)

Mutualism

5.

What is it called when there is a close relationship between two species?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Competition

d)

Parasitism

6.

What are organisms that feed on the remains or wastes of other organisms?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Scavengers

c)

Omnivores

d)

Decomposers

7.

Which part of the food chain in the image represents the primary consumer?

a)

Pondweed

b)

Snail

c)

Minnow

d)

Perch

8.

Which part of the food chain in the image represents the tertiary consumer?

a)

Pondweed

b)

Snail

c)

Minnow

d)

Perch

9.

What is a food web?

a)

one energy path

b)

a system of several overlapping food chains

c)

the niche in an ecosystem

d)

representation of producers in an environment

10.

Select the two factors that are present in every ecosystem.

a)

Energy

b)

Matter

c)

Snow

d)

Sand

11.

Select the processes that are part of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle.

a)

Nitrogen Fixation

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Respiration

d)

Decomposition

12.

What are first organisms to live in an area called?

a)

Pioneer Species

b)

First Species

c)

Climax Community

d)

Colonization Organisms

13.

What is the part of Earth that supports life?

a)

Biome

b)

Tundra

c)

Coniferous Area

d)

Biosphere

14.

Which biome is near the equator, has warm temperatures, and has abundant rainfall?

a)

Tundra

b)

Deciduous Forests

c)

Grasslands

d)

Tropical Rain Forests

15.

Which of the following do NOT live in a freshwater ecosystem?

a)

Dragonfly

b)

Carp

c)

Periwinkles

d)

Crayfish

16.

Which of the following are types of domains?

a)

Archaea

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

d)

Eukarya

17.

How many smaller level is the kingdom level broken down into?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

4

d)

10

18.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an invertbrate?

a)

Sponges

b)

Jellies

c)

Worms

d)

Lizards

19.

What are organisms that can make their own food?

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Prokaryotes

c)

Autotrophs

d)

Eukaryotes

20.

In a vascular plant, which tissues form the structures that carry water throughout the plant?

a)

xylem

b)

leaves

c)

phloem

d)

Roots