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Ecosystems

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which level of organization does the group pictured represent?

a)

a community

b)

a population

c)

an organism

d)

an ecosystem

2.

What is the smallest level of organization within an ecosystem?

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

organism

3.

Which of the examples below describe the level of organization within an ecosystem that is the smallest?

a)

A kangaroo jumping around

b)

A kangaroo, ants, lizard, a tree, and a bird

c)

a group of kangaroos

d)

a kangaroo, ants, a lizard, a bird, the sun, and the soil

4.

What is an example of an ecosystem?

a)

a deer

b)

a group of deers, the sun, rabbits, the lake, the soil, a bird, a tree

c)

a group of deers

d)

a group of deers, rabbits, a bird, and a tree

5.

Which of the following is an example of the community level of organization?

a)

a school of fish

b)

a school of fish, the ocean, a shark, the dirt, and seaweed

c)

a school of fish, a shark, and seaweed

d)

a fish

6.

Which of the following groups are abiotic?

a)

bird, fish, tree, frog

b)

shark, manatee, fly, lizard

c)

water, shark, tree, soil

d)

water, sun, 98 degrees, soil

7.

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

a)

a bird flying

b)

a stream flowing

c)

an airplane taking off

d)

a thunderstorm

8.

Which of the following is a biotic factor that humans interact with everyday?

a)

oxygen we inhale

b)

the water we use to take a shower

c)

the food we eat

d)

the dirt we walk on

9.

A(n) ___________ is a community and its physical environment together.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Environment

c)

Habitat

d)

Animal

10.

A(n)  ____________ is an environment that meets the needs of an organism.

a)

Environment

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Habitat

d)

Consumer

11.

A(n) ________ is all of the living and nonliving things surrounding an organism

a)

Environment

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Habitat

d)

Producer

12.

Which environmental change negatively impacts oceans?

a)

Oil spills

b)

Littering and building of trash plastics

c)

Desert

d)

All of the above

13.

A group of food chains that overlap.

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

c)

Producer

d)

Consumer

14.

 A living thing that feeds on the wastes of other animals.

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Ecosystem

15.

describes a nonliving part of an ecosystem.

(ex: sun, water, rocks)

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Community

d)

Producer

16.
All the members of one type of species in a specific area.
a)
habitat
b)
community
c)
population
d)
ecosystme
17.

Animals that feed on plants are at least in which of the following?

a)

first trophic level

b)

second trophic level

c)

third trophic level

d)

fourth trophic level

18.

Examples of elements that are recycled in an ecosystem include which of the following?

a)

energy

b)

water

c)

carbon

d)

ammonia

19.

Every time energy is transferred in an ecosystem, potential energy is lost...

a)

as heat

b)

due to weather

c)

because some animals die

d)

when it is recycled back to producers