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Chapter 3 Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 
a)
niche
b)
community 
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystem
2.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
3.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
4.
Individuals that can breed with one another make up a
a)
species
b)
population
c)
community
d)
ecosystem
5.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
6.
The living part of an ecosystem
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
Mother Earth
d)
Flowers
7.
Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area
a)
Community
b)
Population
c)
Organisms
d)
Biosphere
8.
Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
a)
foodweb
b)
consumer
c)
food chain
d)
omnivore
9.
Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
a)

non-living things

b)

always plants

c)

living things

d)
soil
10.

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall? This Biome has Permafrost

a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
11.
Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
a)
desert
b)
taiga
c)
tundra
d)
grassland
12.
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
tropical rainforest
d)

chaparral

13.

___ is a cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year and has very little precipitation.

a)

Savannah

b)

Boreal Forest

c)

Tundra

d)

Desert

14.
Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
sunlight
15.

During what part of water cycle does water vapor turn into liquid droplets?

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

runoff

16.

When plants give off drops of water is called,

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

17.

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

runoff

18.
oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 
a)
plants and animals 
b)
photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
c)
animals and plants 
d)
carbon dioxide and photosynthesis
19.
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
21.
Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?
a)
Owl
b)
Fish
c)
Tree
d)
Mushroom
22.

Which is a true statement?

a)

Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

b)

Plants produce carbon dioxide

c)

Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

d)

Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

23.

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

a)

Water

b)

Sunlight

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

All of these

24.

The phosphorus cycle occurs much more quickly than the carbon and nitrogen cycles.

a)

true

b)

false

25.
Phosphorous is passed from plants to ____ who eat them
a)
plants
b)
animals
c)
scavengers
26.
What role do decomposers play in the phosphorous cycle?
a)
absorb phosphorous 
b)
release phosphorous into atmosphere
c)
return phosphorous into the soil
d)
combustion
27.

T/F. The phosphorus cycle does not have a gas phase.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Which of the following would be considered a biogeochemical cycle?

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Phosphorus cycle

c)

Nitrogen cycle

d)

all of these

29.

True/False. Phosphorus can be found in the atmosphere.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

True/False. Phosphorus can be found in rocks.

a)

true

b)

false

31.
Organisms that need nitrogen to survive
a)
only plants
b)
only animals
c)
only bacteria
d)
all living organisms
32.
Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.
a)
True
b)
False
34.

What type of factor is this?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

35.

Where does the food chain START?

a)

with consumers that eat grass

b)

with the sun giving energy to producers

c)

with the sun giving energy to consumers

d)

with consumers eating other consumers

36.

 Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are

a)

producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

omnivores

d)

herbivores

37.
The study of the interaction of living and nonliving things in the environment.
a)
biology
b)
ecology
c)
zoology
d)
psychology
38.
the living parts of an ecosystem
a)
biotic factors
b)
biology
c)
abiotic factors
d)
animals
39.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
40.

What is an ecosystem??

a)

A group of organism of one species

b)

All the living and non-living things that interact in an area

c)

The study of the interaction between living organism and their environment

d)

Soil, water, air and sunliight

41.

A community is a level in organization that is....

a)

made of populations of different species that live in the same place and interact.

b)

a single individual species of organisms that are similar.

c)

all the individual organisms of the same species in the same place.

42.

Nitrogen fixing bacteria combine nitrogen with other elements so that producers can use it.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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