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Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the major difference between primary and secondary succession?

a)

secondary succession involves bare rock

b)

primary succession involves soil to start from

c)

Primary succession starts from bare rock

d)

none of these are correct

2.

Hurricanes, floods forest fires all result in destroyed ecosystems with soil that is intact. What type of succession is this?

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

tertiary succession

d)

quaternary succession

3.

Which of the below is a biotic factor?

a)

water

b)

soil

c)

bacteria

d)

gasses

4.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

a)

bacteria

b)

oak trees

c)

soil

d)

insects

5.

Which situation below shows a correct interaction between an abiotic and biotic factor?

a)

a rock at the bottom river gets carried by the current downstream

b)

bacteria in soil breaks down decomposing animals

c)

wind blows sand from a sand dune

d)

waves crash against rocks at a beach

6.

This is a lichen which is the type of species that will live on bare rocks. What are these species called?

a)

intermediate species

b)

unnatural species

c)

pioneer species

d)

exploratory species

7.

This is the ecosystem 137 years after a devastating forest fire, what type of community is this known as?

a)

primary community

b)

secondary community

c)

hostile community

d)

climax community

8.

The process by which a mix of species and habitats change over time.

a)

suppression

b)

succession

c)

ecological succession

d)

quaternary succession

9.

As flowering plants, shrubs small trees and small animals move back into an environment, we call this, this type of succession.

a)

tertiary succession

b)

secondary succession

c)

primary succession

d)

none of the above

10.

After a secondary succession event what is most likely to occur in that ecosystem?

a)

bare rock will be exposed to lichens and moses

b)

completely different grasses and wildflowers will grow

c)

similar types of plants and animals will repopulate the area

d)

the soil will not grow plants because of salinity

11.

Drastic changes in climate, such temperatures and seasonal variation would potentially cause this?

a)

collapse of an ecosystem

b)

adaptation to changing temperatures and environmental variation

c)

temperatures will cause a succession event

d)

extinction event

12.

Our seasons change about every 3 months, how could rising temperatures throughout the year affect the seasons

a)

winters would be longer and summers would be shorter

b)

seasons would be unaffected

c)

summer would feel longer and winter would feel shorter

d)

spring and fall would no longer exist

13.

What is primary succession in an ecosystem?

a)

it is when a disaster happens and the soil is left intact

b)

it is when a disaster happens and the soil is completely gone.

c)

it is when the first organisms settle an area

d)

it is when nature revives itself

14.

What is secondary succession in an ecosystem?

a)

The environment is destroyed but the soil is left intact

b)

The environment is destroyed but nothing is left but bare rocks

c)

The environment revives itself twice

d)

The environment fails to revive itself

15.

A alligator sits on the bank of a river and it is sunbathing, what are the abiotic and biotic factors.

a)

abiotic - alligator

biotic - sun

b)

abiotic-river

biotic- sun

biotic- alligator

c)

biotic-alligator

abiotic-sun

d)

none of these is correct

16.

What is a succession event?

a)

This is when species in a environment are replaced by new species

b)

This is when a natural disaster happens

c)

This describes an extinction event

d)

This is when new species appear in an existing environment

17.

The relationship in which an organism hunts and kills another organism for food is called:

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

predation

d)

parasitism

18.

When the bird called the oxpecker lands on the rhinocerus to eat the ticks that cover its body, it is an example of what type of relationship?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

predation

d)

parasitism

19.

The following is an example of commensalism.

a)

Clown fish provide nutrients to anemone and anemone provides protection to the clown fish.

b)

The remora fish travels throughout the ocean with the sharks.

c)

The lion kills the giraffe for supper.

d)

The mosquito bites the human for blood.

20.

The following is an example of parasitism.

a)

The clown fish gets protection from the anemone and the anemone gets nutrients from the clown fish.

b)

The remora fish travels throughout the ocean with the sharks.

c)

The lion kills the giraffe for supper.

d)

The mosquito bites the human for blood.

21.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All the organisms living in an area

b)

A group of the same species living together

c)

All of the organisms living in an area and the non-living environment around them

22.

Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?

a)

A mother bear taking care of her cub

b)

A married couple who agree to split their rent and share housework duties.

c)

A worm living in a cow's intestine.

d)

One chimp cleaning and grooming the hair of another chimp.

23.

Select all description/s of an ecological niche from the following options.

a)

A fox sleeps in a burrow

b)

A bear helps clear lichen off rocks with it's feet when fishing in a stream

c)

A monkey swings off branches to reach fruit

d)

Two different species of bird exist in the same air space without interacting

e)

Birds eat seeds, then disperse them further away

24.

Two or more species that engage in mutually beneficial interactions.

a)

mutualists

b)

engineers

c)

invasives

d)

predators

25.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

a)

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

b)

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

c)

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

d)

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

26.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
27.

Removing a species from a food web typically results in...

a)

Increased population of their prey

b)

Increased population of their predators

c)

Plant overgrowth

d)

The whole system to collapse

28.
In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?
a)
The snakes will increase.
b)
The grasshoppers will decrease.
c)
The eagles will remain the same.
d)
The grasshoppers will increase.
29.
A food chain shows the transfer of ___ from one organism to another. 
a)
matter
b)
consumers
c)
energy
d)
habitat
30.

Animals will adapt to fill a vacant ecological niche

a)

True

b)

False